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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Fred Gohlke who wrote (10399)1/31/2006 1:19:51 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 541589
 
The Constitution says nothing about how candidates will be chosen, nor does it mention political parties. So you couldn't use the current Constitution and political system to ban political parties - they are covered under First Amendment freedom of speech and assembly.

To change that, the incumbents would have to write and pass a new amendment that would legislate their own parties out of existence.

Won't happen.

The best we can hope for is fewer loopholes for the money to pour through the parties and politicians and into the legislative process. Since the foxes are guarding the chicken coop here again, I am not optimistic. The whole process is rotten.

The only thing that would get Washington's attention is a massive vote against incumbents next election. But voters who hate Congress 2-1 also like their own Congressman 2-1, so nothing will happen there either.

Stalemate in a cesspool.
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