Politicians Who Hate Politics

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/164816/politicians-who-hate-politics

Last week, The Washington Post profiled Americans Elect, a “centrist” political organization dedicated to changing the presidential nomination process for the sake of offering an “alternative” to Democrats and Republicans:

'A bipartisan group of political strategists and donors known as Americans Elect has raised $22 million and is likely to place a third presidential candidate on the ballot in every state next year. The goal is to provide an alternative to President Obama and the GOP nominee and break the tradition of a Democrat-vs.-Republican lineup. <…>

The group is relying on an ambitious plan to hold a political convention on the Internet that would treat registered voters like fans of “American Idol,” giving everyone a shot at picking a favorite candidate.'

More people might vote in an online primary – though I doubt it – but I don’t see how this is more democratic than a system where party activists, party elites, and interested voters band together to choose a candidate that best represents them and their interests. The former might be less partisan, but I wouldn’t count that as a virtue – if politics is the means through which we hash out problems as a society, then partisanship is the product of our real and genuine disagreements.

[LiberalFighter]

1. Bi-partisan my ass.

For the most part they are Republicans or minor players.

Todd Whitman
Carla Hills
Mark McKinnon (GW Bush McCain)

Absolutely no known major Democrats in the group.

[EC]

2. It's a repub who started this

so I'm guessing it's to split the Democrats vote. So I predict their nominee will be someone left of center so Democrats will vote for him/her. They are worried about a repub split I'm sure - so this kid and his Dad are trying to split the Democratic vote.

[Demeter]

3. If there's any Justice ( and the GOPpers Run True to Form)

It will split the GOP, but we still need a Democratic primary.