About to Abandon the Dems...

I do understand the neccessity of compromise to engender the political process.

BUT the ongoing erosion of the democratic process, particularly by way of the two big parties distresses me more by the hour.

First -- this morning -- on the way to work, I find out that the Dems have been eroding Ohioans access to free choice by sniping at dark horse Ralph Nader...

then to hear the details on how the presidential debates themselves not only erode DEBATE, but even DIALOGUE and ESPECIALLY

democracy...

turning the whole thing into one more soundbyte, sloganeering posturing opportunity...

you REALLY SHOULD check out the:

Top Ten Secrets THEY don't Want You to Know about the "Debates."

From the Tavis Smiley Show on NPR today....

(I hope it goes without saying that Republican policy, platforms and message have been so egregious in eroding democracy for decades that when I go south of the Dems, I won't be going anywhere near my old home of the GOP)

Anyone have any hope? Solutions? Advice?