| CrashMan said: I am independant (and actually more right leaning) but I think the country NEEDS a democratic president to swing policy back towards center. Some messed up stuff has happened in the pas 7 years that needs some rectification. OT, I don't think any of the republicans stood a chance against either Hillary or Obama, the party needs to regroup and reevaluate their outdated social agenda. What ever happened to small central government conservatives :( |
They got bought up by big corporations that like their fat government contracts.
Seriously, just look at the candidacy process. People are blown away by the occaisional campaign that can run on personal donations. All other campaigns are fuelled mainly by special interests.
With campaigns that cost millions and millions of dollars, contributions become an investment. You can't come out of this process without owing something to somebody, and I think it's very telling to note which shareholders own which candidate.
And that's not even touching on the presidential campaign or any of the congressional campaigns. The American political process is simply too drawn out and expensive, and the budgets at stake too huge, for it not to be for sale. I'd love to see a streamlined, more regulated, cheaper election process in the US, but at this point I'm not really sure if it's possible. With the president signing $3 trillion budgets, it's not that hard for him (and the rest of Washington) to pay off his investors...
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