[BattleRifleG3]

To me, the Constitution Party is here to keep the republicans loyal to the Constitution, because they know where the constitution voters will go if they don't.

[troylaplante]

Quote:       Originally Posted by heilung

Those who snivel and whine about the failures and weaknesses of State and Federal Government are outsiders, who won’t take the trouble to find out what political involvement really means. It means picking one of 2 parties, and making sure you work hard for the best candidate available. Third party involvement is wasted energy and wasted votes.

That is one perspective. It is not accurate, but it is certainly an opinion held by many. Abraham Lincoln was a third party candidate.

Quote:       Originally Posted by heilung

Join a Party, or just show up. Along the way find out who your State Representative, and State Senator is, and help him or her. If it’s a jerk, find out who wants to run in its place, and help that person for 2008. It REALLY works.

No, it doesn't REALLY work. If it did, more would do it and I would have different representatives than I do.

[troy2000]

The odds of getting a candidate you like selected inside the Dem or GOP party are a lot better than the odds of getting a 3d-party candidate elected.

An impassioned, hard-working majority can get a long-shot elected in the primary when fewer people vote, and then they can get the party to swing its machinery and money behind him rather than lose to the other side.

Look at fundamental and evangelical Christians in the Republican Party. They've had influence far beyond their actual numbers for years, because they care. They get out and work for what they believe in.

Unfortunately for them, they seem to have elected people who said what they wanted to hear and then went their merry ways when they were elected, but that just means they should've vetted their candidates better.

[troylaplante]

Quote:       Originally Posted by troy2000

Unfortunately for them, they seem to have elected people who said what they wanted to hear and then went their merry ways when they were elected, but that just means they should've vetted their candidates better

Bingo. Exactly why I have little to do with the GOP. I would rather take the road less travelled, to which I am no stranger.