This is a fairly lengthy article from The Nation, but it is a very worthwhile need. It, sadly, confirms my suspicion that there really is not major difference between the two political parties, because essentially, they are beholden to the same, deep, corporate politics as each other. As long as big business has the ability to influence election campaign with big bucks, it will never be a totally honest system. I believe the U.S. should do what Canada did several years ago. Ban ALL political contributions by big business. Without the constant chasing for corporate bucks, the people actually have a chance for their voice to be seriously listened to.

The US ought to change it's government to a parliamentary system so that each party gets the exact number of representatives in national government as they receive a percentage of the popular vote.

This would allow for new parties to emerge. As is, it costs way too much for anybody but billionaires to mount a feesible third party campaign.

By the way, there is a difference between the DLC branch and the Progressive branch of the Democratic party.

As an honest question, is their any marked different groups within the Republican party? There use to be the Rockerfeller moderates, but I think they have been squeezed out for the most part.

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