Nader redux redux
So Nader's back in the race. At this point I don't have the energy to get pissed off about it - in the extremely unlikely event Nader steers voters away from the Democrats, this country deserves whatever it gets. But I think the country - and the progressive left - has learned better by now.
That said, I think there's just about nobody who honestly thinks Nader has a shot at the presidency - Nader himself is talking about his 3rd party candidacy as injecting his pet ideas into the campaign, and whines that we should have a multi-party system like much of Europe.
So here's my question - if Nader's truly interested in multi-party democracy, why isn't he campaigning to change the electoral rules away from winner-takes-all towards proportional representation? Nader can't win, but he's historically done a fine job at rallying the public towards given issues. And until the electoral system changes, basic game theory suggests that the nation will always coalesce into two basic parties.
Just a thought.
That said, I think there's just about nobody who honestly thinks Nader has a shot at the presidency - Nader himself is talking about his 3rd party candidacy as injecting his pet ideas into the campaign, and whines that we should have a multi-party system like much of Europe.
So here's my question - if Nader's truly interested in multi-party democracy, why isn't he campaigning to change the electoral rules away from winner-takes-all towards proportional representation? Nader can't win, but he's historically done a fine job at rallying the public towards given issues. And until the electoral system changes, basic game theory suggests that the nation will always coalesce into two basic parties.
Just a thought.