Well, let's just hope the +95% incumbency rate goes down...

As much as I enjoyed seeing McKinney get the boot, unfortunately, it is not an indicator of much of anything. It is an anomoly, primarily caused by the fact that McKinney is such a fruitcake. Also, remember these are PRIMARY losses, not GENERAL losses so no change of party.

Connecticut is kind of an anomoly in itself. It is very possible that Lieberman will make it back as an Independent. Democrats will likely split in Connecticut and he should receive enough Republican support to make this a very competitive race.

Why do we have to waste our energies getting politicians elected, I move that the Libertarian party should adopt more direct democracy via internet voting into its platform. This will allow libertarians to campaign more effectively for rational policy, and focus on issues instead of building up political personalities. Special interest money including libertarian money can finally go to the voters instead of politicians (yes that include libertarian politicians). And finally, people can then vote for issues and not have to worry about throwing their vote away to a third party. The two parties in power can haggle over things that noone cares about to bring to a national vote using a relatively cheap internet voting mechanism.

The census has abandoned actually counting heads, and using some statistics, why can't we do the same with voting. Lets stop counting heads in physcial ballot booths, and give the internet a chance, atleast as a goal in the future.

If the national level is too big to experiment with, lets try it at the state level; if not, the city level; if not, at corporations, at school boards, at other social groups. We have to start somewhere.

If there's one thing I've heard in my door-to-door campaign, it is that people are ready for a new candidate, and possibly a new party. Since this is my first campaign, I suppose there's a chance that it's always been that way, since upset people speak out much more than content people, but it is encouraging nonetheless.