Re: Greens and Kucinich

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Devine, James wrote:

> I don't think the concept of "off-topic" is very useful. But I'd say
> that the fact that the two-party duopoly in the US throws up only
> such establishmentarian candidates as Gore and Bush is a more
> crucial topic than who got more votes than whom.

They're not unrelated. The whole structure of the U.S. Constitution
is designed to thwart majority power and bring politics towards the
center. The electoral college - the institutional embodiment of the
winner takes all system - is of a piece with the Senate and the
strong executive branch.

Doug