Quote Originally Posted by Hawk View Post
Americans Elect 2012 | The first direct presidential nomination
I have no idea if this could work, but it's an interesting idea. What do you guys think?
Heard about a while back, didn't look into. Signed up now and supporting Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Russ Feingold

Not sure what to say, and I don't really understand it. Legally, I doubt it can mean something, but it could raise awareness, which is the biggest battle

The ONLY solution to our mess is for good people to stand up and make demands of the Democratic Party. GOP voters already do that to their party, and the way our system works means that the "center" can only move right or left by cause of the base in either side pulling harder

The reason the GOP base does it while those on the left do not is because the GOP has centralized their base on the ignorance militants. The base on the left are more tolerant and less pushy, and simply by design, we lose the battles due to this.

Change in America comes when the progressives stop playing sallies and start making demands. Third party voter enthusiasm is misled because it needs to be like the Tea Party by way of forcing change from within the party. This is because we use the first past the post voting system.

While in jest, Bill Maher still makes a fantastic point