Hey it works for almost every other major democracy. The point being the US Federal system is geared towards two parties. Its in their interest to make sure that third parties are not represented in congress or the presidency. By making it easier to elect 3rd parties that breaks the two party lock on power. A parliamentary system does that.
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > You mean a Parliament? > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> that would probably require a constitutional amendment. The best way >> would be to make the president and speaker figurehead positions and >> the day to day executive operations being run by the leader of the >> house, who is voted in by the house. That way 3rd parties would have a >> much larger say when the two parties are fairly balanced in terms of >> votes. >> >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This is why we need to destroy the duopoly of Republicans and >>> Democrats in politics. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> In Texas, there is no difference between Republican and Evangelical. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
