Why a two party system when we have republicans, democrats, and independents?

And the independents are the biggest voting group these days! There have been other national parties. When was the last time you considered voting Federalist?

That we have a two party system by evolution over 200 years suggests there are good reasons for it. An obvious reason is when one party gets too big for its pants, and needs a good check and come down. But what happens when the two party’s elected members have more in common than not? Just who is to check those who have become too big for their pants?

And while the phrase “too big for their pants” is from our past, it is still most modern when expressed as party and elite interests over national interests. This idea follows from a fundamental that there are many good ideas about how to run our Country, but generally two or three bubble to the top. And the historical friction from our two party system is often best represented by our past of rich vs. poor, rural vs. city, populist vs. robber barons, and any other either/or that could be found and promoted.

But even this beauty from our past is being abused by too many of today. Today things have evolved into another two party system, but one of elected, anointed, and hired Americans on one side and the rest of the citizens on the other side. As in most two sided frictions in the past, this too is untenable. Let me offer a math example. There are around 300 million Americans from newborns to very old people, and if only one percent, or 3 million Americans, wish to dictate to the other 99 percent of us, they will have to do so by good ideas that appeal to national instincts. Anything less, like teacher unions as local jobs programs, or being sophisticated robber barons by mining the national wealth by ruling votes, will fail. I offer the rise of the percentage of “independent voters” as good evidence of change underway.

What is to our American interests’ advantage? Sticking with the two party system, though not necessarily the present two parties, is one course of action. This course has at least one benefit in forcing each party to become a “coalition” that is so necessary in a country as large as ours. Another course of action is to expand to three or more parties. While this is emotionally appealing throughout American history, in our republican form of government, it hasn’t evolved over time.

Where to go from 2008 seems obvious. Let us 99% of Americans identify the 1% of Americans who have become a ruling elite, all to often by jobs, self anointments, and elections. This is one-half of the two party system fundamentals. This is also a target rich environment if there are over 500,000 elected positions, locally, state, and federal. After all we even once had a Republican-Democratic Party in our history. And let the two party idea continue to evolve to the latest friction between the ruling elites and the rest of us. Hence the rise of “independents”. Whatever this other “party” or group of Americans becomes or is called, it will probably be most focused on our American national interests that they define and will vote for.

Let us be practical. Most Americans recognize we have been attacked, and there are humans who want to do us in, and have. Some smaller group of Americans don’t recognize this, don’t care, or think we are too well off to have to worry. Some even think they have unassailable political jobs, given their status quo. They have a better way, they say. Another smaller group of Americans have made the public education of our children their indoctrination and jobs programs. Now these are two party coalition issues we can vote on! After all, we are not stuck in the status quo.