You might have missed this in the press today it was in the "NY Daily News" and I thought you'd be interested in Unity08, a new citizen-led movement to elect a bi-partisan ticket in the 2008 presidential election in order to put an end to divisive politics and special interest influence. Check it out, sign up, and pass it along: http://www.unity08.com.
There is no reason a Republican and a Democrat can't serve as President and Vice-President, as it was that way in the beginning of our country. One problem has been the Electoral College, which is being changed in Maine, and "As Maine goes, so goes the Nation," in this case one would hope, changing the way Electoral College votes are given ALL to one party or the other. That is being changed to reflect the real % of voters and their ballots to their respective parties. The US citizenship test insists that the Electoral College elects the President and as I understand it, the test is being reformed perhaps to reflect "the people".
I remember H. Ross Perot had a wonderful speech about doing just this on the Internet, he was a fairly successful third party candidate. His loyal voters arguably kept George H. W. Bush out of the Oval Office, and William J. Clinton, once the youngest governor in the U.S. it's occupant instead. H. Ross Perot thought we should have more participatory democracy which this, Unity08, I think is a good example.
George J. Myers
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