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In reply to the discussion: How come Hillary supporters can't present an argument for her? [View all]fredamae
(4,458 posts)is the Easy part--there are many, many out there. Convincing them to Run is quite another thing-for them to Willingly enter in the "Public Hell" modern campaigns put you though coupled with the unimaginable Money Quest to Pay for a campaign--is a deal breaker for nearly All of the "good ones".
It's down to uber wealthy greedy wall street types as our best choice and that is no choice at all. In this crowd it doesn't matter if you've labeled yourself a Dem or GOP...
Getting qualified people elected is going to be a struggle until We can get Congress to Overturn Citizens United for starters--and before we can do that-we need a majority control--and to accomplish that-we need to undo Gerrymandering-and before we can do That we have to wait until the next census in 2020......unless we could just change the election itself to a National Popular Voting System....
Can someone get elected without corp money? Hell yes--just look at the recent Seattle Election...but it won't work outside of smaller local races because WE can't get organized to push a person like that thru.....If we could get over that hump--ignore the status quo candidates and stick it out? Anything is possible...but until then....
imo