'Had Enough? Vote Democratic!' Is NOT ENOUGH, Need New Double-Citizenship Party

May 1 2006

Robert David STEELE Vivas, CEO of OSS.Net, Inc, a life-long moderate Republican and career intelligence officer who is the #1 Amazon reviewer of non-fiction books about democracy, strategy, intelligence, economics, ecology, war, and peace, has today proposed a new political party focused on electoral reform. He says:

"A really superb Op-Ed by Tim Roemer in the New York Times today (Saturday, 29 April 2006) entitled 'Enough Already,' suggested that all the Democrats need to win in 2006 and 2008 is the simple slogan, 'Had Enough? Vote Democratic!' This worthy gentleman is half-right.

"The Democrats, in my view, cannot beat the Republicans base-on-base or on the issues. Even a character debate will be a toss-up. There is, however, a major opportunity for a lasting revitalization of democracy if the Democrats will match up their most promising unity candidate with a new party, the American Independence Party, and a commitment to a Coalition Cabinet and Coalition Legislature committed to electoral reform.

"This new party would be unique in history in that it would specifically foster the concept of 'dual citizenship' and respect the original political allegiances of the moderate Republicans, the conservative Democrats, the Independents, Libertarians, Greens, Reforms, and the newly mobilized from both the Latin and Asian immigration pool as well as the survivors of the Dean revolution.

"This new party would have 'wings' and leaders from all American political parties, and they would commit to support Democratic *and* Republican legislative incumbents or challengers who agree to dual citizenship in the American Independence Party, and its single reform focus: restoring the vote to *all* Americans. Electoral reform, including instant run-offs, the end of gerrymandering and even physical districts, restoration of multi-party debates, and voting on week-ends so the working poor have a shot at voting without losing work, all need to be part of an American Independence Act of 2007 that will have it greatest effect in 2008. In addition we need to end "party line" voting that forbids our elected representatives from voting for their district instead of their party, and of course end campaign financing while introducing publicly funded campaigns and higher salaries for representatives, teachers, cops, firemen, and preventive health care professionals and other public servants.

"Only one issue can unite all sensible Americans: 'does your vote count?' The answer for most is a resounding 'NO.' If we were to establish a new party and an interim Coalition Cabinet now even before a final candidate for President is chosen, and commit publicly to this single lasting 'fix' on the system, everything else will fall into place including wiser foreign and domestic policy, an end to the double deficit, and a restoration of the moral legitimacy of the Republic. We must restore informed engaged democracy (collective intelligence), honest public policy and moral capitalism, and America the Good instead of America the Idiot Bully.

"In 2006 we demand that incumbents and challengers commit to this unification reform idea. In 2007 we pass the American Independence Act that implements sustainable electoral reform. In 2008 we elect a President and a Coalition Cabinet and Coalition Legislature that restores America the Good, an American Republic that is Of, By, and For We the People."

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