An apology to the group

[Kelvin Mace]

9. I consider myself a liberal first,

and a Democrat way down the line. I have seen too many Blue Dog/Vichy Dems to grant them any blanket endorsement.

As to putting my shoulder to the wheel, I spent about six years working on the e-voting issue to insure honest vote counts, at great personal financial and personal cost, so I am a lot more sparing in my efforts these days. I will help get out the vote, write letters and engage people in discussion to clear up the lies and distortions the Right is spewing, but that is about all I can manage of late.

I have no intention of backing a third party, as I do not think one can win, but I really do believe we need more than the two parties we currently have. The Teabagger crowd might split off from the GOP and that would be VERY good for our side. But I really wish we had some leverage to force the Democratic party to the left the way the Teabaggers force the GOP to the right.

The one issue I believe we must make a reality if we are to have ANY chance of accomplishing reform, is public financing of campaigns. Politicians work for whoever writes the checks, that means corporations and the 1%, not the voters. When the voters are paying for the elections, then politicians will work for us.