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Ed Potter commented on John McCain: Are two parties enough? on October 1, 2008, 2:10 AM
The two party system works when either party represents a majority of the people, which happens because the major party candidates tend to drift to the middle during the general elections as they have to appeal to a broader segment or coalition of people that does represent a majority of people. So it%u2019s healthy that more of us who brand ourselves Independent - people not caught up in the social extremes of either major party or want to be marginalized around some extreme position like abortion rights/wrong and gay marriage, or allow extremists to co-opt a position like a particular religious dogma. The intensity of these issues are being abated around the issue of competency in governing the country, foreign policy, and the global economy, where it simply isn%u2019t acceptable to operate with a leader who believes a certain thing about social policy, and yet hasn%u2019t the integrity to manage the countries business in a bi-partisan manner paying attention to the needs of the majority.