The most disheartening thing about the protests in Wisconsin is that there is NO middle ground. Their is NO compromise. There are NO talks between the two sides. We have come to a tipping point in our hyper-partisan political system. Conservatives hate liberals. Liberals don't trust conservatives. There are no moderates in the federal government. They have all been voted out. And so we have come to this. This will escalate.
The protests will spread to other states. And until there is some moderation (in which I don't see any right now), this will continue to happen for some time. We desperately need a THIRD party. And the Tea Party is not that answer. Tea Partiers are Republicans. And they were responsible for voting out the moderation in both parties.
A third party would invite talks, moderation and adaptability. Something we desperately need today.
I think you're being...polyannaish on the presence of a third party. Invariably, a third party sells out to form a coalition with one of the two prevailing parties, and just as little gets done as before.
ReplyDeleteReally, how useful is the NDP in Canada, except to ensure that the Conservative retain a robust minority government, while the NDP gets a piece of it's agenda and pockets whatever the party that needs a deal can siphon off to it? And this is before we get into the widespread bribery among all three of India's parties.
But the Tea Party has effectively voted out all moderation in both parties. The number of moderate Republicans and blue-dog Democrats has dropped significantly. I think this is part of the issue...
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