Preechr's omnibus discussion thread!

[KevinTheOmnivore]

I'll get it started.

Electoral "reform." A lot of people like to point out that the president's poll numbers are down to record lows. A lesser known stat. that they don't like to share is that poll numbers are down across the board. People are down on the parties, and they're simply down on politicians.

This was reflective in the 2002 races, you just didn't hear a lot about it, because President Bush sort of shielded the party from it due to his popularity at the time. But voters instead took it out on their states, with several governorships (sp?) changing over, as well as some state houses.

2006 may be the boiling point for this frustration, particularly in light of Iraq, Katrina, gas prices, etc.

So, i guess Mr. Preechr my question to you is do we take the Governator's lead? Do we look at non-partisan re-districting, and take the process out of the hands of the state-house parties that have essntially made an unspoken (and often spoken) agreement to solidify their turf and entrench themselves? Do we "throw the bums out," so to speak? Will it change a damn thing? Would alternative electoral policies, electoral reform (always a sticky subject), allow for innovative and new ideas/parties to emerge and take power, i.e. the LIBERTARIN PARTY!?