Jacoby wrote:
xenocity wrote:
The GOP establishment has been planning all this time to deny Trump the nomination even if he wins the delegates.
There are delegates who are refusing to vote for Trump despite being allotted to him.
Delegate count doesn't mean Trump is going be allowed to have the nomination.
they are bound, they do not have a choice
Trump will get the 'magic number' before the convention, it will not be contested.
Sanders should run 3rd party if he cares about his beliefs and is actually independent of the DNC, Hillary is no different than the establishment of the Republican party and this two party system needs to be smashed once and for all. Trump is the catalyst, Sanders supporters need to understand that ONLY thru Trump overthrowing the political order and special interests will a candidate like Sanders be allowed to win. Hillary wins and it's back to business as usual, this is Bernie's coalition's one shot.
Actually the RNC is not bound by law to accept the primary results.
Technically the DNC isn't either, but they have always accepted the outcome.
The U.S. has always had a two party system since 1792.
First it was the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans
Then it was the Democratic-Republicans and whigs
Then it was the Jacksonian Democrats and Licolnian Republicans
Then it was Big Business GOP and Wilsonian Democrats
Then it was FDR Democrats and Hoover GOP.
Then it was JFK/LBJ Democrats and Nixon GOP
Then it was Regan GOP and JFK/LBJ Democrats
Then it was Reagan GOP and Clinton Democrats
Then it was Bush GOP and Obama Democrats.
Obama fundamentally altered the Democrats and pushed them significantly to the Left.
Democrats thank to Obama and his policies are now seen by 40%+ of the U.S. Population as Far Left, Commies and Socialist.
That compared to the GOP who are seen as religious conservatives, who are owned by the rich and corporations.
The two parties are fundamentally different at the core, with Democrats being forced to appeal to the center in order to be elected.
Every time since 1980 when the Democrats and others have tried to do anything seen as "left", the American public punished them in the polls.
The reason why the GOP has a majority in both houses of congress and the majority of states is due to healthcare reform and corporate regulation.
The Democrats will probably win a majority in both houses maybe even a super majority in November.
They will push social and economic reforms that will benefit the middle and lower classes, but the "hurt" the rich and powerful.
The American people will respond by voting the Democrats in Congress out no matter how good the voters benefit from the reforms and purposely elect a split government blaming the Democrats for the government's inability to do anything.
The GOP is likely to split down the middle thanks to Trump and whatever happens to him.
So we should have Three parties by the end of the year.
Also for the love of god people pick up a U.S. history book and read why the founding fathers designed the current constitution and system to avoid multiparty Westminster style political system.
Founding fathers literally feared a multiparty system would cater to the whim of the majority and destroy union.
They designed the system to support two party system or no parties to prevent the Federal Government from experience wild swings of the public mood.
The U.S. system is designed purposely to keep it centrist and balanced.
That is why it is very hard to move the U.S. system in either direction because it requires practical unity of the voters to force it.
The founding fathers made damn sure to get any major done it would literally take the full backing of the people, so no one side could run rough shoot over the other.
The founding fathers though having a gridlocked government was better than a tyrannical majority calling the shots.
The U.S. has widely been spared the wild swings of the rest of the world has seen over the past 210 years.
The U.S. has also remained relatively centered in the middle of the political spectrum while the rest of the world has been moving all over the map (The world appreciates it).
The system sometimes screws up, but nothing works perfectly.
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