Comments on: What ever happened to the US election system? http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: cole cordray http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1970 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:46:23 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1970 jeff has nailed it on the head. there are really no viable candidates in either party. as for third party folks.............? anyway, thanks jeff. for once i agree with something on this Great Blog. (and it is a great blog, i just don't agree with all of it) cole cordray colecordray@msn.com jeff has nailed it on the head. there are really no viable candidates in either party. as for third party folks………….?

anyway, thanks jeff. for once i agree with something on this Great Blog. (and it is a great blog, i just don’t agree with all of it)

cole cordray
colecordray@msn.com

]]> by: jeff http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1848 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:44:04 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1848 There are as many problems with the U.S. election process as there are critics of it. The emphasis on relative strength of candidates’ Christianity is an issue because some (mostly Republican) candidates want it to be a big issue (not Giuliani probably…) and because the American press assumes that the right-wing Evangelical movement is this monolithic, powerful group hell-bent (whoops, sorry about that) on electing one of their own when they actually represent a relatively small percent of the voting public. They do, however, tend to come out in primary states like Iowa and S. Carolina - two important early primary states. The press treats the run as a horse race and spends most of its ink handicapping it. The mainstream press either does not bother with much serious analysis or – like Fox News - merely pimps for their own point of view. Campaign reform has been tried and has failed to correct or even improve the situation. About 50% of eligible voters don't bother voting; money trumps ideas; and at the end of the day the electorate has to take responsibilty for the quality of its political campaigns and the quality of its country; that latter quality in obvious and compelling decline. There are as many problems with the U.S. election process as there are critics of it. The emphasis on relative strength of candidates’ Christianity is an issue because some (mostly Republican) candidates want it to be a big issue (not Giuliani probably…) and because the American press assumes that the right-wing Evangelical movement is this monolithic, powerful group hell-bent (whoops, sorry about that) on electing one of their own when they actually represent a relatively small percent of the voting public. They do, however, tend to come out in primary states like Iowa and S. Carolina - two important early primary states. The press treats the run as a horse race and spends most of its ink handicapping it. The mainstream press either does not bother with much serious analysis or – like Fox News - merely pimps for their own point of view.

Campaign reform has been tried and has failed to correct or even improve the situation. About 50% of eligible voters don’t bother voting; money trumps ideas; and at the end of the day the electorate has to take responsibilty for the quality of its political campaigns and the quality of its country; that latter quality in obvious and compelling decline.

]]> by: preacherbbb http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1846 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:17 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1846 The US election system is an oxymoron. With really only 2 parties to choose from, that is no choice at all. The art of debating is slowly dying off. Change is needed, but to what? The US election system is an oxymoron. With really only 2 parties to choose from, that is no choice at all. The art of debating is slowly dying off. Change is needed, but to what?

]]> by: jeff http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1840 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:18:34 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2007/what-ever-happened-to-the-us-election-system/#comment-1840 answer is "NO". We are trapped in a seriously demented reality show and there will be no winners. More on this in a future blog - - suffice for now - the MacKenzie boys are on to something. answer is “NO”. We are trapped in a seriously demented reality show and there will be no winners. More on this in a future blog - - suffice for now - the MacKenzie boys are on to something.

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