There's no way we can build a party in less than two weeks that can defeat the Democratic Party OR the Republican party. That being the case it falls to us to do as much as we can to limit the damage that will be done to the country in the next four years. As poor a choice as McCain is, I think it is indisputable that Obama presents the greater danger. If he is elected he may have a veto-proof Congress too. That will enable him to change things in ways that make it virtually impossible to mount a third party challenge - or even build a third party. Furthermore, the changes he gets made may be politically impossible to repeal.
However (comma), we CAN build a strong third party in four years. I think that should be our next move, and we should start with the Constitution Party. First WE register with the Constitution Party, then we start pulling new registrations from the Democratic and Republican parties, and from Independent Voters who have no party affiliation. Why the Constitution Party? Because the Constitution of the United States is the bedrock upon which our country was built and it's a strong foundation. The name of the party alone will attract voters who will be able to see clearly that the Democratic and Republican parties operate outside the Constitution (because we will show them). The Constitution Party is already established and has history in prior elections. The Libertarian party is also, but I have problems with their platform/principles.
According to Ballot Access News, as of early 2008 membership in the following parties was:
Democratic Party..........39,139,653
Republican Party..........29,955,197
Independent Voters........23,315,495
Constitution Party...........384,722
Green Party..................261,754
Libertarian Party............225,529
If we can get 15% of the Democrats (there are some who still believe in the Constitution) that would be 5.87M (as in million). The Republican party is more difficult, I think 40% to 60%... compromise at 50%... 15M, that gets us to 20.87M.
Of the Independants, maybe 50%, which is 11.6M, bringing us to 32.47M. That brings us to within striking distance, especially when the other parties shrink by the numbers the Constitution Party grows. We, the Sovereign Citizens of the United States, can restore rule of law under the Constitution to our nation.
We can count on all of the Constitution Party, but I can't make an estimate of how much support we might get from the Green or Libertarian parties. If you haven't figured it out already, my estimates are just guesses, based on 61 years (since birth) of experience and observation and not much else. It would be nice to have better numbers if anyone has any.
Some registered voters will not vote for various reasons. Some voters will not be members of any party. It will be up to us to motivate those non-voting registered voters to vote and the others to register with the Constitution Party. How do we raise money to do that? We don't. We get thousands, then hundreds of thousands, then millions of members of the Constitution Party to take individual actions to motivate voters. For example, it is pretty expensive for an organization to get one million fliers printed, then they have to be shipped around the country. If we get five thousand members to print two hundred fliers each, it spreads the cost around. A ream of paper contains 250 sheets and can cost less than four dollars at a local store.
How do we get people to do those kinds of things? Well, how about we make it personal for them. People will willingly do what is in their own best interest. We must educate and train people so that they know what has been going on in their name, in their government. We must make them understand their responsibilities to monitor and control the elected and appointed officials who work for them.
We've proved that we have the power to control them. Now we must exercise that power in order to satisfy our responsibilities as Sovereign Citizens of the United States. It only took a small fraction of the general population to cause the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act to be defeated in the Senate. It will be much harder the next time because there are more politicians in the Senate who are sympathetic to the special interest groups who want it passed. That means there must be more of us opposing the next attempt to give amnesty to foreign criminals who are present in our country illegally.
By "they" and "them" I mean to include you and me too.