Better, he gets out more and he actually finishes jobs he starts.

Your right but he is a loose cannon like RevKen says.

No worries. No way he would win election for POTUS. But he would force some real changes in the focus of national discussion.

Ya know he's gonna give Rove fits! That works for me. Thinking the poor GOP primary field and Romney/Ryan ticket joke is a Rove tool to make sure the GOTP gets slapped down, his PACs build up huge war chests, and the ground is readied for Jeb in '16.

Having Jesse Venture in that mix will make it a fight that might just end Rove's meddling.

I have a friend that is running for County Council in Volusia Co. FL. She is under funded and really has little chance of winning. However, the community has already benefited from her candidacy because she has changed the discussion in this race. They are talking about the things she wants voters to know about.

Even if Mr. Ventura does not win America will be better off because he will change the discussion and he will make it easier for the next true Independent to run and possibly win.

Spot on! And good for your friend! If more good people played Don Quixote, and 'tilted at windmills' we would get more people discussing the real issues instead of the pointless wedge issues. Sure, we won't win many, if any elections for some time, but the focus of voters WILL change eventually, and more people will start supporting good people's candidacies.

The mess we are in due to so many elected officials working for special interests over the general population did not happen quickly, It has been a long term battle and it will take a long time to really beat it back. But, we don't get anywhere unless we get in the fight, knowing there will be many losses before progress is made.

Voters have been dumbed down by media that became controlled by a handful of very rich people. Now, with the internet and other means of social communication, we have some tools to lessen the impact of corporate media. We are already seeing some changes there as M$M has to deal with what we get shared via social media/internet, or become totally irrelevant in news, and the marketplace. (the latter being the real threat)

Again, good for your friend! A few voices forcing attention to real issues will grow into a chorus to be reckoned with. Yeah, Mr. Ventura is that kind of voice, and he knows how to market, so he amplifies.

I do believe a big part of the problem is how slow the process is. Americans expect immediate results. It just does not work that fast. It takes years if not decades for some changes to be noticed. The things we are trying to do now will benefit our children more than they will help us.

Yeah, but ya gotta appreciate his lack of inhibitions about calling crap crap.

Which states require double?

Noticed your question regarding that claim has still gone unanswered. Thanks for asking. The silence is deafening.