tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post676925199563107075..comments2024-01-20T02:06:45.388-08:00Comments on The Political Omnivore: Political Doublespeak! (What They Can't Say Part 2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-83847861745177931162015-02-22T04:25:09.475-08:002015-02-22T04:25:09.475-08:00I have been trying to figure out what a real "...I have been trying to figure out what a real "break point" my look like. Attempting to read Game Theory pages, I can't find anything substantial--but it appears that right now a 3rd party vote is a Game Theory attempt to MAXIMIZE your impact on YOUR party while totally throwing its power away on the ACTUAL ELECTION (in Game Theory voting behavior, players are attempting to maximize the power of their vote--3rd party seems like that happens on a different axis).<br /><br />I don't think, though, that these catastrophes CAN "restructure" the GOP. It's too big and too full of moderates (no matter what it seems like). I will note that there are two competing 'toxins' in the GOP system right now.<br /><br />The first was the Tea Party: a very ideological group that was more extreme than the base line. The second was ingested in the last mid-term. "Obama Republicans." These are moderate (often women) candidates who rode in on the last GOP wave. We saw the 20-week abortion bill fail because of some of these people. This tug of war could moderate the party--or just lead it to more stasis.<br /><br />But I don't have a clear view of how an end-game happens.<br /><br />The most likely seems like a plan to PLEDGE to a 3rd party--but vote R until there is enough (public) pledges. Then the 3rd party says "We've got enough people" and blossoms. The problem there is the candidate. If it's someone in power now (Ted Cruz) they're going to be a pariah to the mainstream. If it's someone not (Sarah Palin) then the blue-sky nature of the candidacy is going to make them choose someone (like Palin) who is appealing to the narrow-slice but has no real chance in real politics. That's going to make the thing dicey.<br /><br />We saw this with another (similar) attempt (what was it? I don't recall--not 3rd Way ...) to launch a party on the Internet and use voting and stuff to pick the right candidates and issues. It failed because being disaffected isn't enough to build a party around. <br /><br />Except for the goth-drama-club in high school. It could TOTALLY work there.<br /><br />-The OmnivoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049100705786633064.post-34467528929235385592015-02-19T16:19:37.932-08:002015-02-19T16:19:37.932-08:00Good read. I've watched the diverging paths of...Good read. I've watched the diverging paths of the two parties for a while now and believe you have a good explanation for why logic seems to be the domain of the left while escaping the right. I hope this divergence ends, but wonder if that is possible without a seismic restructuring of the current two-party system.Stanleybostitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806163739407718704noreply@blogger.com