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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (143358)	10/26/2008 2:31:06 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

OBAMA's TAX PLAN - Penn & Teller and gang return to comment on Barack Obama's socialist plans to turn the United States into a Marxist wasteland! FEATURING Plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher. * Vett Barack Obama, NOT Joe the Plumber! *** breitbart.tv

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (143358)	10/26/2008 3:45:39 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 173976

How does an independent run? Part of what makes Obama (and I give lots of credit to Howard Dean who has been working on the 50 state strategy for some time now) so strong is the organization. The campaign is like a war, it has a ground game that we rarely see on the news. It has offices scattered through every state, phone banks, volunteers, etc....the campaign is enormous. How does a single, independent candidate get together this many people spread throughout the country in, say, a year of campaigning? How do they start? The structure of government is like this as well. When a President takes office he/she has thousands of appointments to make throughout government. Where does he/she find these people? The sheer size of this country makes this a very difficult proposition. Besides, there are only so many people willing to volunteer for anyone's campaign and they always seem to be the same type of people. If more people became involved on a constant basis that would bring about lots of change even with the two party system. Heck, look at the enormous change in the GOP. It used to be a party of the elite and now it's down to Joe the Plumber? What? I think what you are saying is that you want candidates to be elected and beholden to the votes and not to the bundlers and lobbyists and big corporate and organizational contributors. In that case, it is easier to get rid of the argument that money is like free speech in campaigns. If people want to give money, they can. Make 100% publicly funded campaigns the law. Make campaign contributions in any form illegal. Give candidates free and equal air time. Bring back the fairness doctrine. Make lobbying illegal...now that's a thought. I'm not sure if we wouldn't have unintended consequences though. What about a charismatic 'leader' with no party to vet him/her? Would we get into a load of trouble that way? I dunno. I don't know what system is better...there are difficulties all the way around. All-in-all I'm still impressed that this much power gets handed over from one group to one of its opponents without bloodshed. :)