Are we ready for a 3rd party to take over?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If money really controlled elections, Clinton would be president. She had way more money than the winner.

Same in the recent special elections

Not when you factor in the Mercers, Koch's and Russians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What we really need is to get the money out of politics. Then a lot of this other bullshit will start to sort itself out.

Bye-bye Mercers and Kochs.

That would be such a good thing. But we've got Gorsuch on the SCOTUS, so the wait will be long. We're an oligarchy now, no longer a democracy.

[Anonymous]

Nope. It's just going to be the Dems next. Then the R's will move toward the center.

[Anonymous]

What would it accomplish? They would be as corrupt as the other two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would it accomplish? They would be as corrupt as the other two.

Corrupt due to money? because removing special interest money from elections would go a LONG way to fixing the problems

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Democrats are basically moderate.

The GOP could just clean house, reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, pass campaign finance reform, and end their gerrymandering.

Umm, no, not quite, no way.

I've always voted Democratic, but am a Marylander who voted for Hogan because I felt he was more moderate than Anthony Brown. Will probably be voting for him again, unless the Democrats come up with someone better.

Umm, yes, yes quite, yes way. The Democrats are in no way as extremist as Republicans. They aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If money really controlled elections, Clinton would be president. She had way more money than the winner.

Same in the recent special elections

Money decides who gets the support in the primaries. Just ask Bernie. Trump also out raised all the other R candidates.

This is one of the reasons why politicians are afraid to go against the party, because they know they would not get the financial backing of the political party for the next election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What we really need is to get the money out of politics. Then a lot of this other bullshit will start to sort itself out.

x 1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What we really need is to get the money out of politics. Then a lot of this other bullshit will start to sort itself out.

Bye-bye Mercers and Kochs.

That would be such a good thing. But we've got Gorsuch on the SCOTUS, so the wait will be long. We're an oligarchy now, no longer a democracy.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If money really controlled elections, Clinton would be president. She had way more money than the winner.

Same in the recent special elections

And Ossoff had lots more money. Loser.

[Anonymous]

Republicans would still find a way to ruin it for everyone. It's pretty much their sole area of expertise.