At about this time in just seven days the polls will start closing.
This evening strong front is blowing in from the heartland.
Which way are the tea leaves blowing?
Today a CNN.com poll (all-be-it a ‘non scientific’ one) has a stunning 84 percent saying it is time to scrap the two party system.
If the Donkey Clan and the Elephant Clan split the 16 percent who are satisfied with the current canted playing field and a number equal to either of the ‘major’ parties is divided among anarchist, tea partyers and libertarians, one could hope that it still leaves over three quarters of the 90,000 who registered an opinion in favor of something REALLY NEW.
AntiPartisanism?
Also on CNN.com, John P. Avlon asks: “Sick of Dems?, GOP?” and suggests “There is Hope.” Avlon provides a nice overview of who is running for what OUTSIDE the two clan monopoly game.
Even the current president is not endorsing all those running under the Donkey Clan flag.
Charlie Cook suggests that ‘the wave has crested,” the tide has turned. Could all that money dredged up by the supremes and turned into endless ads just make citizens mad at the status quo?
The Sunday WaPo story on Page 1 A(“A Movement Without a Compass’) provides, data and graphics on ‘the tea party.’ The WaPo Sunday Magazine profiles a bus of tea partyers from Dayton, Ohio to Glen Beck’s rally and back. Both document that the tea party is not a ‘party’ at all.
The title: The Anger of Ignorance fits like a glove.
Today, Tom Toles has voters trapped in a car between walls labeled ‘Democrats’ and ‘Republicans.’
Even C-Dog is advising against voting for incumbents.
There is hope.
In the context of instant communication, there is no reason that the wind – and the tide – cannot change as quickly as the weather.
Perhaps, citizens are not as dumb as pandering politicians have been counting on them to be.
EMR
