tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post8418461068387711308..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: It is Time to Break the Two-Party Duopolyd.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-47812507948675016352011-08-09T13:42:42.953-04:002011-08-09T13:42:42.953-04:00I loath our two party system, but just creating a ...I loath our two party system, but just creating a third party isn't enough. I mean, third parties are common in Europe but did nothing too stop there partisan deadlock. It's WHAT they offer that matters. So far, the third parties aren't proposing anything except "we're good because we're a third party and not those auful Democrats and Republicans, therefore we are good&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-12789889560674687612011-08-04T18:43:18.590-04:002011-08-04T18:43:18.590-04:00You're right as regards faction, Sam, I think....You're right as regards faction, Sam, I think. I assume you're thinking of Madison? The ellipsis marks an edit on my part where the author quotes Washington's famous statement from the farewell address in which he seems to equate bipolar factionalism with a "frightful despotism", so the statement in the intro paragraph makes more sense with that context.d.erisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-87823487549588076222011-08-04T17:49:48.610-04:002011-08-04T17:49:48.610-04:00As far as I know, the Founders didn't warn spe...As far as I know, the Founders didn't warn specifically against a two-party system, but against the existence of <i>any</i> political parties. I doubt they would have been happier with a three or four-party system, so long as they identified party with "faction." On the other hand, the Founders themselves gave us the first two-party system, though the Federalist and (Jeffesonian) Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.com