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appalachiablue

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28. I get it unfortunately. I'm in VA, land of Cuch, Gov. Ultrasound, Brat the libertarian.

Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:50 PM

Nov 2014

MA, MD, WI, others with with Red governors. The post election, very Red MAP w/ 'Ring of Fire' video with Farron Cousins, posted on DU was disturbing. Might be 10 years before anything can move but a Presidency, maybe. After 8 yrs. of Bush disasters, 2 wars, the 2008 burndown, Dems. should be well in power. But corps control all- media, stink tanks, SCOTUS, economy. It's frubar..Only way is to get really active at the local level, create a giant grassroots mvmt. as many folks say. More difficult things have happened.

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How to Scrap the Two-Party System in Three Steps [View all] NorthCarolina Nov 2014 OP

The only one of the three that is even possible by 2020 are ballot initiatives. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #1

Possibly, but he is at least attempting to offer solutions. NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #2

A solution is at least colorably realistic. The Constitutional amendments proposed are not. merrily Nov 2014 #11

Agreed. drm604 Nov 2014 #4

Every state has different rules for third parties. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #5

No constitutional amendment that is even a tiny bit controversial has been adopted since Ike. merrily Nov 2014 #10

Yes. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #23

And that happened in this election. People went out and voted for Progressive Ballot Issues. He is sabrina 1 Nov 2014 #29

Get rid of the electoral college AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #3

Requires a Constitutional amendment. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #6

Then we are doomed to the two party system for eternity AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #9

I think doomed is a bit too strong a word. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #21

Problem is AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #31

Yes and no. Quite a few states are agreeing to vote their electoral votes merrily Nov 2014 #12

Republicans tried in California to rapportion Electoral votes to Congressional districts. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #22

Yeah, they focus on California a lot since it, thank goodness, went Democratic. merrily Nov 2014 #32

If we can do it for booze, we can do it for votes... LanternWaste Nov 2014 #24

Progresives and women fought hard for prohibition. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #25

And prohibition didn't last long, either. merrily Nov 2014 #34

Far longer than it should have, from the stories told by my Grandparents. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #36

That was before the country got so divided. At this point, I don't know if there is a chance merrily Nov 2014 #33

The prolem is that it is not "we" that do that. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #37

"Trading votes for gold is the new American way."? FrodosPet Nov 2014 #7

Everyone change their voter reg to independent ....hurry. L0oniX Nov 2014 #8

Will that help? merrily Nov 2014 #13

Wickit pissah! I'm a member of that group! Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #14

" EAT YOUR KIDS AND TAKE THEM OFF THE DOLE!" merrily Nov 2014 #15

Results of the inevitable alert: Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #16

they have been rolling back Dems' "permissible" field of action since the FL heist MisterP Nov 2014 #17

Yep. And, they'll tell you it's for your own good. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #18

Heh, heh. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #19

Latin America for over a century had the problem of feckless party duopolies MisterP Nov 2014 #20

A little help for a confused canuck... Fix The Stupid Nov 2014 #38

Thank you for posting that. I had no idea NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #27

Wow. merrily Nov 2014 #35

Someone actually alerted? Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #40

Sigh. The "left" still doesn't understand that their dreams are even further away today than they.. Tarheel_Dem Nov 2014 #26

I get it unfortunately. I'm in VA, land of Cuch, Gov. Ultrasound, Brat the libertarian. appalachiablue Nov 2014 #28

Unfortunately for "the left", their Pied Pipers spend all their time preoccupied with what the WH... Tarheel_Dem Nov 2014 #30

Excellent article. Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #39