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PDS:6380Zeus the Moose ( 691.45 points)July 28, 2022 08:08am
This article is very much overselling the Forward Party in my view, though it is interesting that the Serve America Movement will be merging/dissolving into it as well.
 
WmP:879Chronicler ( 84.45 points)July 28, 2022 09:01am
Very interesting. The polarization of the two main parties led to the creation of other third parties, none of which have accomplished much. Two obvious examples are the Reform Party and the American Solidarity Party, both organized with some ideas from liberals and some from conservatives. The Modern Whig Party is another small third party that has done even less.

Perhaps if a moderate party can get some seats in Congress and serve the same role as Manchin and Sinema, it might gain some traction with the electorate. Then again, if the Forward Party managed to gain 20% of the vote in generic US House races, it might also make some seats competitive.
 
D:7CA Pol Junkie ( 5444.70 points)July 28, 2022 09:08am
We don't have a parliamentary democracy - the structure of the Constitution gives us two parties with coalitions within those parties as the stable condition.
 
D:1RP ( 5618.82 points)July 28, 2022 09:58am
Another third party that's going to take the country by storm?

Zeus the Moose: Serve America Movement

Name always reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Maybe it's for the best.
 
Joker:9757BrentinCO ( 9683.07 points)July 28, 2022 10:03am
RP:
Name always reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Maybe it's for the best.

Definitely one of my favorite episodes.

"Its a cook book."
 
For:10038Luzerne County Historian ( -154.39 points)July 28, 2022 01:27pm
In their defense, it has been a long time since a third party had as much backing of former officials and financial backing as they do.
 
D:8255My Congressman is a Weiner ( -19.80 points)July 28, 2022 02:04pm
Let's see if they have any actual policy principles other than "we're in between."
 
D:1RP ( 5618.82 points)July 28, 2022 02:39pm
Well, yeah. If they provided any details, people might realize they don't agree with them.
 
REC:9399Juan Croniqueur ( -31.83 points)July 29, 2022 06:44pm
My Congressman is a Weiner: Let's see if they have any actual policy principles other than "we're in between."

Of course they won't, but politics is really more about "vibes" now anyway.