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To: g_w_north who wrote (165734)	6/4/2002 1:31:11 PM
From: fingolfen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I can understand how a third party candidates such as Nader was squeezed out of the televised national debates by the other two parties but it never ceases to amaze me why Americans seem to be so afraid of a third party. I follow American politics closely, along with friends and family, and many agree, as do many Americans, that the Republicans and Democrats seem to be two faces of the same coin. Honestly, I don't think it's Americans that are afraid of third parties so much as it is the Democrats and Republicans. All of the election law in the U.S. is written for a two-party system. The organization of the committees in Congress is designed for a two-party system. The only way to make third parties viable is to change the election law... and you have to be in power to do that (and do you honestly see the Democrats or Republicans breaking their own monopoly on political power????).

To: g_w_north who wrote (165734)	6/4/2002 2:08:20 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

GW, <it never ceases to amaze me why Americans seem to be so afraid of a third party.> I'm not afraid of third parties. I'm just saying that third parties usually end up dividing the electorate of one of the two major parties at the time. It's kind of a political duopoly. Anytime a third party becomes prominent, one or both of the major parties start adopting the platform of the third party. I think Al Gore would have liked to be more centrist, but the threat of the Green party made him move back toward the left. By the way, I'm also not saying that Nader is to blame for Indecision 2000. It was Al Gore's election to lose, and he lost it fair and square. Tenchusatsu