Reply #104: It's obvious some one doesn't understand party politics.

[A Simple Game]

So you are happy with the lesser of two evils? You would rather drive off a cliff at 10 mph that at 100 mph? You are still driving off a cliff.

You would like a couple more political parties? You do know we have more than two, what are you doing to support any of them? I know in New York we have at least two that are more liberal than the Democratic party.

So just quit whining, well I have. I will no longer be an automatic vote because a candidate has the proper letter after their name. I will now and for the rest of my life vote for the best candidate. I will not vote for some one because of their party affiliation. Where has that gotten us lately? I expect to never again vote for a Republican, and rarely for any Democrat. The not voting for a Republican has even included a relative.

Do you know that each party expects a large percentage of voters registered to their party to toe the party line, to quit whining and rally round? That's a great incentive to do what the majority of the voters wants isn't it? Remember both sides think they are the lesser of the two evils. Just suck it up and vote straight party line, that will fix all of our problems.

The best way to make a politician vote the way you want is to let them know they have to earn your vote. What do you think would happen to the Democratic party if say 3 million Democrats, between now and the spring of 2012, changed their affiliation from Democrat to Non-affiliated? Do you think they would still try to please the Republicans, or would they try to please the now more liberal non-affiliated voters?