We must build the Nonpartisan Progressive Left

I have to say that the strategy of voting for Paul in a primary is a very interesting strategy. Although there is no way I could stomach the man as the Chief Executive.

The left thinks government sucks so it needs to be improved. The right thinks government sucks so it needs to be defeated.

No party is really about progress, parties are about obtaining and maintaining power. Progress comes from the people, and only when they demand it, then those in power will do it to maintain their power, or they refuse and someone else will use it to obtain power. It is how these kind of things have happened since governments began, though I would advocate for a central party that leans neither to the left or the right, but rather recognizes that good ideas come from both sides, and bad ideas come from both sides. For me to support this party however they would have to consistently show that their main goal is not control of the congress but rather to facilitate agreements between the two, using whatever power they do obtain to force the two different sides to get things done.

The progressive base did not elect Obama. They weren't going to vote for McCain. In a presidential election regardless of the result 40% will vote Republican. 40% will vote Democrat. The people who decide elections are the 20% in the middle who typically do not follow politics closely. They vote their wallet. The only item that overrides their wallet is national security when it's in question.

Fascism is not the extreme right. Fascism is totalitarianism with a central government. The right is about minimizing the federal government. The right is about individualism.

How about no left, no right, just center of the road? Either extreme is wrong.

Progressive my dick, how about overly pushy. Democratic Socialism is NOT center. Talk about a skewed scale.

I second lazloman's support for a parliamentary system of government in the US; when those who have been elected aren't delivering either as promised or to the satisfaction of those who elected them, they're shown the way out.

This was a good video. This guy will get no arguement from me. I love the flag and he actually had solutions to the problems facing our political system. I liked his ideas.

I'm a fan..and love the flag. Sign me up for Roosevelt Republican strategy.

I would prefer that the left become VERY partisan. It should stand for something like our fucking "Bill of Rights" as an example. I want a party that beleives in the Constitution as written and our right to "Pursue happiness".

I am waiting for the day when someone with brains and common sence decides that it is time to throw out ALL laws that violate our "Bill of Rights".

They will not belong to either party OR the party of ONE that we now have.

Like the vid. Love the 'stache.

This is the most salient commentary on the current political status and the 2012 elections I've seen posted herein. Possibly the most significant point made is the fact that corporate Republicans, in Democratic disguise, have been elected into many Democratic seats, and that is why the Democrats are unable to achieve party unity. I am in full support of a Progressive Party who might leave Dems. & Reps. in the dust of their degenerate states, and forcing Obama to be effectively accountable to the people.

Register as an independent. Work to reform your state's election laws to allow for open primaries. The two party stranglehold on American democracy must be broken.

I like the idea. I would also like to see us use a parliamentary system where, different views can be represented by smaller parties, instead of all ideas being represented by just two. By and large, you'll still have a left/right divide, but the smaller parties will be free to align themselves with other parties, when their interests coincide. I don't know, just a thought.