tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post4419466514974484562..comments2023-02-17T14:59:05.164ZComments on The Jacksonian Party: A party by any other nameA Jacksonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-24138705019068572762010-02-28T18:12:13.401Z2010-02-28T18:12:13.401ZLouis - One of the parts I left out, as it is from...Louis - One of the parts I left out, as it is from another of the documents here, is that TJP members do not need to give up affiliation to either party. As TJP is a network-centric, flat structure (and more local than National, thus being unable to get Party status due to the State laws) it is open to movement into any other established party.<br /><br />This is an instance where the old 'must have so X individuals per county' rules works in favor of an unofficial party: it cannot form due to State laws, therefore it is not a 'real' political party but an affiliation of like-minded people.<br /><br />In OH both political parties are having new Tea Party members slip into the local precinct level to fill vacant positions... that is as much as 1/3 of each party open for new ideas. Shift a few marginal precincts with little party establishment and that is nearly 1/2 of a party apparatus then in the control of new hands.<br /><br />What can, and probably will, happen is a cross-party shift for the Tea Party members to ensure the election of their members to local offices, first, then State offices (actual elected seats in State government) plus party offices at the State level. There is then a 'Tea Party Caucus' that can be formed accepting like-minded individuals of ANY party into such a caucus inside government organs.<br /><br />A Tea Party need not be a majority, but a large enough minority so as to play 'Kingmaker' with their own views getting hard input into any legislation and then drafting their own add-ons via amendments from BOTH party structures inside government. There will no longer be a 'party' line vote on anything: the Caucus is its own virtual party. A simple 10% in knife-edge votes establishes a 'Kingmaker' and a 15% secures it. Thus establishment in the US House is: 43-65 members. The US Senate: 10-15 members (harder to do but possible given backing of more established candidates willing to establish a Caucus). At the State level this also plays out, but State seats can and should be easier to get than the federal seats, and establishing a small government movement in the States will start to change how citizens view government across-the-board.<br /><br />Thus stop-up the works in DC while reworking things in the State Capitols. That is about a 6 year action to get started, although a vocal minority in the US House willing to do a 'by the book' rules agreement will nicely stop up things with the reading out of each and every bill... in both Houses... that takes 1 member per chamber. Clog up DC, open the drains in the States, then address the mess in DC with stronger backing from the State level.<br /><br />All possible without a third party.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-48843977172129777732010-02-28T17:51:51.417Z2010-02-28T17:51:51.417ZThanks for the overview.
One thing which isn'...Thanks for the overview.<br /><br />One thing which isn't mentioned is that the Republican Party -- both parties in fact -- is vulnerable to a takeover by TEA Party activists from the grassroots up. Most of the local and state official positions in the Republican organization are partly vacant and staffed by self serving rent seekers. TEA Party Activists can run for those positions.<br /><br />If the TEA Party activists, as a number of groups have said they will be doing, take over these functions then they can bend the party in a Conservative direction. If TEA Party Activists field candidates to every elected position, in both political parties, then their message affects the political dialogue. <br /><br />Many democrats do not like the direction in which the country is going. They are not Socialists, but want to maintain the supposed "social safety net." Many TEA Party activists are disillusioned democrats at heart, so they could give the Obama statists a hard time even if they never win.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648991687664671884noreply@blogger.com