Posted by
Tim Blessing on Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:27:53 PM
I have watched the news tonight and seen splits within each party as well as divisions between the parties.
A lot of these issues are based seemingly on nonnegotiable principles.
A lot of these pundits or some of them don't seem to grasp that these ruptures may be permanent.
If the party voters are divided what does that spell for the general election.
A Third Party rising mystically to challenge the two dominant parties.
It depend's a lot on logistics of convincing and moving voters into a 3rd Party.
The force of disagreement I am beginning to see is at a level I haven't seen since 1980.
The patterns of disagreement are just starting to form so no one know's what's coming next.
I think that taking one primary at a time will be easier than looking at a long term strategy.
Again, some commentators are stuck in the Reagan Republican or Bill Clinton Democrat Mode
I like Reaganl, but I am not going to base my current vote on a man who was President 20 years ago.
New ways of thinking, new ways of believing, new ways of living, and the death of the old order.
We are entering a new era in American Politics when there is an atomization of politics.
In essence, an information driven political revolution rather than sound bites and public relations.
I deal in information rather than facts or relationships.
I deal in insight and analysis rather than ideology. More like philosophy rather force of debate.
Politics is becoming more like art than science. JFK was noted for treating politics like science whereas LBJ was into the art of politics.
Finally, both parties are suffering splits in their bases of voters based on uncompromising principles, which no longer have relevance.
Philosophy instead of ideology, conversation instead of debate, manners instead of pushiness.
How's that for the restructuring of our system of government