About Tim Miller's article today, maybe the Colorado GOP is doing exactly what it should. Maybe our political parties should have policy goals and not just election goals? Our political parties should say these are the policies for which we will advocate, and then work to find quality candidates to do that advocating, and to persuade vot…
About Tim Miller's article today, maybe the Colorado GOP is doing exactly what it should. Maybe our political parties should have policy goals and not just election goals? Our political parties should say these are the policies for which we will advocate, and then work to find quality candidates to do that advocating, and to persuade voters to support those politices and those candidates.
We've given too much power, and especially too much government backing, to the two major political parties. The government should not be in the business of selecting party candidates through primary elections' selecting party candidates is party business. The government should not insist on winner-take-all elections, even when the winner has only a plurality of votes. The government should set the requirements for appearing on our ballots, let all candidates who qualify and apply appear on our ballots, and then hold ranked-choice elections so that candidates with majority support win our elections.
If the Colorado GOP truly represents the desires of Colorado Republicans then that's what they should say - and they should lose their elections!
True enough, but we still need a Center-Right party that believes in the Constitution, equality, individual liberty, federalism, and limited government. Since the Republicans have abdicated that role -- and shown themselves to be unfit for it -- they need to not only be defeated, but replaced.
About Tim Miller's article today, maybe the Colorado GOP is doing exactly what it should. Maybe our political parties should have policy goals and not just election goals? Our political parties should say these are the policies for which we will advocate, and then work to find quality candidates to do that advocating, and to persuade voters to support those politices and those candidates.
We've given too much power, and especially too much government backing, to the two major political parties. The government should not be in the business of selecting party candidates through primary elections' selecting party candidates is party business. The government should not insist on winner-take-all elections, even when the winner has only a plurality of votes. The government should set the requirements for appearing on our ballots, let all candidates who qualify and apply appear on our ballots, and then hold ranked-choice elections so that candidates with majority support win our elections.
If the Colorado GOP truly represents the desires of Colorado Republicans then that's what they should say - and they should lose their elections!
True enough, but we still need a Center-Right party that believes in the Constitution, equality, individual liberty, federalism, and limited government. Since the Republicans have abdicated that role -- and shown themselves to be unfit for it -- they need to not only be defeated, but replaced.