It's pretty far fetched, so bear with me!
The DLC dems should leave the democratic party & join up with the real republicans. When I say real republicans, I mean republicans who truly believe in less government & fiscal responsibility - not the neocons & religious zealots. They should should form the new republican party & let the neocons & zealots fend for themselves.
The remainder of the dem party, Wellstone democrats, if they stick to their true liberal beliefs, they won't have any trouble building a strong party backed by We the People. Maybe join up with the Greens, although I think we should throw both the terms 'democrat' & 'green' out & come up with something new to call our party. Something that summons the phrase "government of, by & for the people." The People's Party, if you will, although I'm sure someone could come up with something better.
And first on the agenda of The People's Party is getting the goddamned corporations under control. Corporations are not people. Yes, they deserve some rights & protections, but they do not deserve equal or more rights & protections than We the People. We need to get the corporations out of our political process. We need publicly funded campaigns so anyone can run for office, not just connected, rich people. We need to reverse Buckley v Valeo.
Money does not equal free speech. From Reclaim Democracy:
An Amendment to Preclude Corporations from Claiming Bill of Rights Protections SECTION 1. The U.S. Constitution protects only the rights of living human beings.
SECTION 2. Corporations and other institutions granted the privilege to exist shall be subordinate to any and all laws enacted by citizens and their elected governments.
SECTION 3. Corporations and other for-profit institutions are prohibited from attempting to influence the outcome of elections, legislation or government policy through the use of aggregate resources or by rewarding or repaying employees or directors to exert such influence.
SECTION 4. Congress shall have power to implement this article by appropriate legislation.
Go to link to read another proposed
Amendment to Reverse Buckley v. Valeo and Dominance of Wealth in Electoral Politicshttp://reclaimdemocracy.org/political_reform/proposed_constitutional_amendments.html===
Where are you moving? And what are you going to grow in your garden? Pirahna & I are both attempting a garden for the first time. At least I think it's Pirahan's first garden. I haven't been to the gardener's forum in a while, so I must make time to drop by there. I have some seedlings under lights right now & hope they sprout. I'm starting small -- tomatoes, spinach, garlic & pumpkins (for carving!). Next year, maybe more depending on how it goes.