Democrats and Republicans Scared of Crist

Why are the Democratic and Republican Parties blasting Charlie Crist's move to run as an independent with no party affiliation? You would think that both political parties would not fear anyone running as an independent or a third party candidate because their chances of winning in America is slim to none. However that is the not the case just like in 2006 in Connecticut when Joe Liberman abandoned the Democratic Party after losing in the Democratic Connecticut U.S. Senate primary to Ned Lamont because of left wing liberal nuts who felt Liberman was not a true Democratic.

Now in 2010, the same left wing liberal nuts are targeting politicians like Arkansas U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln. Nonetheless, it seems as Democrats and Republicans share one thing in common and that is the extreme side of each political party can determine political primaries sometimes resulting in not the brightest candidate getting elected but a candidate loyal to a political party and not necessarily all the people of a state. So why do you think after Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced he was running as an independent with no party affiliation that both major political parties attacked him and are trying to demonize him is because his run and perhaps a successful election bid could put America's two party political system on the brinks.

Think about 86% of Americans don't trust government and who currently is in government, Democrats and Republicans while more and more independents are falling out of favor with politicians who are loyal to their political party and not responsive and loyal to the people. Thus that's why the tea party while full of some right wing conservative nuts, still has many Americans supporting the true principles of conservatism within the party in terms of less spending and less government.

I'm not saying the tea party movement is great because the right wing conservative nuts forced Crist hand to run as an independent and the Republican Party is now leaning more and more toward the tea party movement but not necessarily its true principles of conservatism but its right wing nuttiness similar to how the Democratic Party in 2006 and some what in 2008 as well as now is moving toward the left wing nuttiness of the so called coffee party.

Therefore, Charlie Crist's bid as an independent has both parties scared otherwise they would not have spent all week blasting Crist's decision and calling him selfish for looking out for his political future. However when is it selfish to leave a political party and declare your independence in order to get on the side of the people. When is is selfish to look at the political spectrum and see that your original plan to obtain victory is impossible but your second plan might can get you to the finish line of victory. Isn't that what political campaigns are about, winning and obtaining victory by any means necessary even if that means going against the grain or the political norm that already exists.

Isn't that what than candidate Barack Obama did when he sought the Democratic Presidential nomination? Isn't that what Joe Liberman did when he abandoned the Democratic Party in 2006 after losing the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Connecticut? Now Charlie Crist is going against the norm in politics and his odds of winning are pretty good considering how both the Democratic and Republican parties are attacking his decision. So the people of Florida and the rest of the nation should take note because it is clear that the two party political system only cares about preserving the norm in politics which is a Democrat faces a Republican in general elections and that's the only real challenger one has.

Well Crist could be the chance that independents and moderates in this nation have been waiting for in terms of changing the two party system to a three or more party system. For now though, one can only smile as Democrats and Republicans begin to fear independents once and for all.

References

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/politics/01zeleny.html

Michigan Democrats Need Fieger

A friend of mine and myself said this over a year ago that if the Michigan Democratic party was smart they would support Fieger for Governor and it seems as if we were right. According to the latest polls, although Fieger has not officially entered the Democratic race for Governor, Fieger is the favorite by likely Democratic voters.

Now Fieger has said he will make his decision as if he will run by the end of next week but the reality is that Fieger doesn't have a lot of time because the 3 main candidates that are running on the Democratic side are out in full force. If Fieger doesn't run it seems as if MI Speaker of the House Andy Dillon would be the guy but Lansing mayor Virg Bernero is a distant third according to the poll. Only time will tell as what Michigan voters will decide but if the Democratic Party of Michigan would stop being so afraid of Attorney General Mike Cox getting the Republican nomination for Governor and start focusing on getting the best candidate for their own party than perhaps the Democrats could retain the Governor seat in the state.

For now though, it seems that if Fieger isn't the candidate for the Democratic party than I am willing to bet any Democrat in this state that Michigan voters will elect a Republican for Governor especially if Mike Cox is the Republican nominee. The best chance that Democrats have at winning the Governors seat back is to hope that the Republican rank and file don't elect Mike Cox. Otherwise the Democratic Party faithful can cancel Christmas if Fieger isn't the Democratic candidate to challenge Cox.

In 1998, Fieger would have beat than Republican incumbent Governor John Engler if the rank and file of the Democratic Party, i.e., Mark Brewer would have given him more help than they actually gave him. So if Brewer wants to show true genius he would push Fieger to run and he would threw all the political capital he can behind Fieger because that's the only shoot the Democratic Party of Michigan has at retaining the Governor's seat after 8 non-memorable years of Jennifer Granholm being in office.

Reference:

Poll: Fieger a favorite among likely Dem voters

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100424/POLITICS02/4240392/Poll--Fieger-a-favorite-among-likely-Dem-voters#ixzz0m819Ledb

Run Charlie Run

It seems to be a bounty out on conservative/moderate politicians in the Democratic party and there is another bounty out on liberal/moderate politicians in the Republican party. Therefore my suggestion to all politicians who are being threatened by the extreme left and right of the Democratic and Republican parties is for them to run as independents like Joe Liberman did in 2006 after he lost Democratic Party primary but won the General election over the opponent he lost too.

Thus, this is why Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida who is currently mulling over ending his Senate campaign or to run as an independent instead of a Republican, my advice to him is run Charlie and run as an independent. Charlie is a better person and candidate than Marco Rubio who is an extreme right candidate and a darling of the conservative base right now but the reality is that what has Rubio done for the people besides lie, lie, and lie some more. What has Rubio done for the working class, the poor, and the elderly. Now I am not saying I want Charlie Crist to be the next U.S. Senator from Florida because I personally like Kendrick Meeks, the Democratic candidate but even Meeks has upset me with his allegiance to the Democratic party on nearly every issue as of lately.

Nonetheless, I still want the people of Florida to really have the best of two candidates rather than a situation where its the lesser of two evils which happens in many political races as of lately. I am not saying that Meeks is a bad candidate and he is not evil but let's be real Marco Rubio is a bad candidate and is as close to evil to me when he only says anything to get a vote which is what I consider evil. So I want to be clear that Florida residents deserve better than Marco Rubio and deserve someone who is going to shape our nation's politics the way that Charlie Crist could do if he runs as an independent.

I am an independent and I love independent candidates who are willing to challenge the extreme left of the Democratic Party and the extreme right of the Republican Party. I was never a Joe Liberman fan until after August of 2006 when he did such a thing by running as an independent in despite the Democratic establishment not wanting him too. Thus, I want Charlie Crist to do the same by declaring himself as an independent candidate with no party affiliation.

So imagine a race that has two good candidates such as Meeks and Crist along with a bad candidate like Rubio but at least the people of Florida especially independents and moderates will have a chance to have an independent in the race. So my suggestion to Charlie Crist is to run and run as an independent. So run Charlie run because it is time to shape up America's political system and it is time to get rid of the two party system in this nation since they are both cut from the same cloth.

http://charliecrist.com/

Politics never ends!

Its been nearly 3 months since I wrote my last blog post but a lot has happened in politics. A good/bad healthcare bill was passed in our nation which will save some lives immediately while still leaving others behind. How many I don't know and our nation doesn't know but if you think about it, majority of the healthcare bill doesn't go into effect until 2013 or 2014. Now our nation is trying to push a financial reform that the Democrats are calling the preventive measure to ensuring that another financial meltdown doesn't happen again and the Republicans are fighting against most of it but the reality is that until both sides stop taking campaign finance money from Wall Street in the boatloads that they get it, we will never know what real financial reform is in this nation.

Think about it, we have had a recession or a depression nearly every decade since the Great Depression and the reality is that I don't see that coming to an end any time soon until our politicians stop being bought and sold like pawns on a chess board by Wall Street giants. So no matter how we look at it, this cat and mouse game between Democrats and Republicans will not end until we as people realize that Democians and Republicrats are nothing but the same.

Let's watch to see what happens but for now, let's be real, politics is a sport and both sides are looking to score political points rather than to do the right thing no matter what anyone thinks of their beloved political party. This is we the people need to stop voting for political parties and start voting for the best candidate with the best record regardless of their political affiliation since history shows both political parties are not for the poor and underprivileged since the poor has grown in this nation every year since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decided to have has poor people's march before his untimely death.

This is our our moment people to change our political system but we must think better and vote better than how we have than previous years and decades.