Wouldn't you have to change the Constitution to do that?
The Constitution makes no mention of Ds and Rs, or a two-party system.
And I'm not saying change from a bicameral Federal legislature.
I'm saying the Ds and Rs seem to be fracturing into subgroups and to legislate in the future it'll take a coalition of those groups/interests ala European parliaments.
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Coalition governments (Britain, Israel, Italy) are a disaster. No thanks.
Not disagreeing, but with all the special interest sub-groups that seem to be forming within the major parties (Tea Party, Bernie Bros, Dem Socialists), it seems that is a very plausible future.
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Pressley upsets the incumbent Capuano in the MA7 D primary.
Ballots have been impounded for a probable recount in the MA3 dem primary. Lori Trahan has about 200 more votes than Dan Koh former chief of staff to Boston mayor Marty Walsh.
Her lead is now down to 51 votes.
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Unless the Tea Party and Dem Socialists literally split off from the GOP and Dems you won need that. Neither has the resources to do that nor will they ever.
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Unless the Tea Party and Dem Socialists literally split off from the GOP and Dems you won need that. Neither has the resources to do that nor will they ever.
Dem Socialists already split their vote. See Nader, and Jill Stein which had devastating impact on the elections they were involved in in 2000 and 2016.
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Coalition governments are products of a parliamentary system with multiple parties. We are (for now) a 2 party system (with divisions within each party). You can't have a coalition with just 2 parties.
Coalition governments are products of a parliamentary system with multiple parties. We are (for now) a 2 party system (with divisions within each party). You can't have a coalition with just 2 parties.
That wasn't the question. Why do you think it would require a constitutional amendment?
It'll be interesting to look back a few years from now and see if what we are witnessing is the birth of the Democratic Party's own version of "the Tea Party." While that helped certain Republicans get elected at certain times, I'm not sure that fracture of the Republican Party has been ideal for it in the long run.
We're already well on the way there. They are not just walking, but now running to the left in districts where it has become safe to do so. Within 10 years, we'll probably see an unqualified left-wing celeb run for POTUS on a left-populist platform.
Dem Socialists already split their vote. See Nader, and Jill Stein which had devastating impact on the elections they were involved in in 2000 and 2016.
Good Lord do you even read before you post your pavlov responses?
They have to actually start their own party for it to be a coalition. Just voting for Nader is not the same thing.
You and Sicatoka are in rare form these days...
"It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
-aparch
"Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
-INCH
Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
-ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007
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