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To: The Street who wrote (2368)	3/28/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

You missed the point. In a two party system, it is almost always more effective to work as a faction within an existing party, especially since democratic politics depends on the building of coalitions. Libertarians could continue educational work without wasting their time trying to build a third party....and satisfy their political aspirations within the conservative coalition,which itself largely operates as a faction within the Republican party. Every member of a coalition exacts a price for participation, some large agenda item, or items, that they can demand support for as a price of allegiance. At the same time, every member of a coalition must yield to the other members on other items. That is politics...

To: The Street who wrote (2368)	4/21/1999 9:20:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Respond to of 13056

I agree. Italians have it right, in some ways. Lots of regional politics, lots of views. They lack political stability - but that seems to be less and less relevant these days. Would I want the Italian system? Not particularly. I like our system, but I would like to see more parties. I had a professor in college who said there are really 102 parties in the US. He said that each state had 2 parties that are essentially different from the 2 in all the others. And that the 2 national parties are something separate from all of those. I disagree with him, to a point. The problem with politics is the desire of the larger, stronger national party to subjugate regional interests. The result: pork-barrel politics. It remains the only way local politicians can "say they are doing something" that has a regional impact.