So trying to get my train of thought back on track and waiting for the Cowboy game this evening. Cannot believe this team still has a chance. This is a team that is consistently inconsistent. Yeah I know someone else has used that statement before, but it truly fits this team. Well we will see what happens.
The next example is somewhat recent. You have to think Perot had an effect on the Bush the Elder v Clinton election. Kind of gives creedence to the idea that a non party affliated candidate can swing an election. Some of the numbers are pretty similiar here. Obama isn't going to win a landslide election even if the Republicans put up a far right candidate. Or it seems so now. There is no excitment at this point for Obama so unless things change drastically I don't think he is going to get a ground swell of votes like he did last time.
The most succesful attempt at trying to break up the Republican and Democrat monopoly happened a century ago and is credited with electing Woodrow Wilson. What is known more famously as the Bull Moose party split the Republican vote giving way to Wilson. And what is interesting is there are some interesting side facts about this, but first what made this probably the most successful was the fact that it was a third party that acually put people in Congress. And this fact is why the America Elect group will fail even if they win. They aren't putting up the mechanism to fill Congress with support for a Presdential victory. The Bull Moose party or Progressive Conservative Party not only worked to get Teddy Roosevelt elected, they also put people in Congress and kept up some of their momentum for a few Congressional cycles from what I have read. So if Roosevelt had been elected they may have even created more momentum in Congressional elections and we might have a completely different landscape now.
And now for some interesting facts about the Progressive Conservative party. If you look at their platform it lead to some changes that helped the development of the middle class. This may not seem a big deal now, but to the best of my memory they supported a minimum wage and other changes that eventually came into being. And it was their policies and ideas that captured enough of the country's interest not pandering to money that almost led to their success. And what is more interesting even though their platform would be outdated their basic philosphy is probably the best idea for our country right now and could actually garner a victory in this year's election. And with the fact that they would be a party not just a candidate they could find the support throughout the country to elect congressional support. It is probably too late to get a new party on the ballot, but could we find the type of candidates from the Republicans or Democrats to bring about this type of change. Basically my thought here is the party that would best represent the people of this country right now have been out of business for over eighty years.
And to bring it back to America Elect and what they could do to be successful once elected. They would be stuck with relying on the American people to put pressure on Congress day in and day out for their candidate's mandate. And even though Congressional poll ratings are way down, trying to rely on a country that spends more time keeping up with the Kardishians than Congress spells failure win or lose for America Elect.
So here we are today the first calendar day of this election year and the Republican candidates are boring, boorish, and trying way too hard to crawl over themselves trying to prove they are the most conservative ( but if you look at the facts, they are not espousing true conservative viewpoints, but calling protecting the rich policies conservative policies and yes I do need to explain this somewhere down the road) which is leading to a complete disenfranchisment of most Republican voters. So these voters are being left in the lurch so it will be interesting to see where their votes eventually fall. ( Again Bull Moosers need to unite). And Obama has failed to do anything to improve his inherited mess so can he create any energy or better yer create any policy that has a positive effect on the economy when basically the people with money don't want him to win so they are not going to do anything to drive economic growth even though like Obama or not it would benefit them to re energize our economy. Or can you say consipracy theory and the moneyed don't want a strong middle class. hmmmmmm
Happy New Year everyone
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