Go to Americans Elect and participate in getting Presidential nominations OUTSIDE the Republican/Democratic party processes.
In 2012, Americans Elect (AE) will empower the people to nominate a competitive third ticket for President and Vice President through the first-ever Online Convention
Our political system is broken and our country is in trouble! The two political parties are so
polarized that Washington is paralyzed. Our elected officials continue a vicious cycle of mindless
partisanship, inaction on crucial issues and unsustainable dysfunction covered endlessly in the 24-
hour news cycle.
Although the Founding Fathers feared it, our two-party system has generally served us well in the
past, when leaders found common ground and did what was best for their country. The two
parties have always argued, but we’ve often been the better for it. History shows that, on
important things, in the end they have come together.
Social Security:!!Even after President Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, elected in 1932,
a huge majority of Republicans in Congress voted for Social Security Act.
Medicare:!!A majority of Republicans in Congress backed President Lyndon Johnson’s
Medicare program in 1965.
Welfare Reform:!!After the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1994, a
majority of Democrats in both houses, and President Clinton, too, helped get a Welfare
Reform package enacted.
Now is the time for leadership that puts principled progress above petty politics and restores
cooperation, civility, and compromise. Leadership for genuine and sustainable change can only
come from the people.
