HOW TO RECLAIM THE PARTY

We are all sick of the mess that our political system has become.  We can make things better, and it is an easy fix.

Very few people vote in the primaries.  That means, of course, that the few who vote in the primaries dictate our choices in the general election.  Who votes in the primaries?  Overwhelmingly, political scientists tell us, the primary voters are the extreme members of both parties.  The republican party ends up getting a candidate who is far from the best, because the extreme members of the party support the candidates who indulge them.

SO, if you really want to fix the system, learn about all of the candidates and then drag every member of your community to the polls.  If 100,000 people show up for a primary, it is far less likely that extremists, panderers and opportunists will be our only choices come general election time.