From the world of digital political organizing comes Americans Elect. Their ultimate goal is to get a third option on the ballots for the 2012 Presidential election.
They are not, as it may sound, advocating a third party. Rather, they’re trying to create a second nominating process. “A content-neutral platform for political expression in American politics," according to their Chief Operating Officer.
It’s a wonderful example of a community trying to organize itself, and their timing couldn’t be better, given the current morass known as the Republican primaries, and the dire straits in Washington, where the approval rating, according to former Republican Mike Huckabee, is “just barely above a pedophile.”
Clarence Page, in the Chicago tribune yesterday, opined that a successful Americans Elect effort could lead to a Ron Paul-Hillary Clinton ticket. That might shake things up a bit, don’t you think?
And while many of us wish the dissension and rancor could just go away, and this would be a beautiful way to start turning things upside down in US politics, the best thing about Americans Elect is what’s best about all communities that organize from within: they are created, motivated, and guided by the people, and they do the peoples’ will.
Could there be anything more American?
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