I think it's time we the people take control and start our own online national primary and general elections.

No offense to New Hampshire, Iowa, Florida and the others jockeying to be first so they can dictate what happens next, I want a national online primary. I want a national online general election. I don't want the DNC and the RNC picking our candidates. I don't want any one state making or breaking a politician's campaign. We in the collective should do it.

The party apparatus puts us through a primary campaign season during which the liberals and conservatives pander to their base so they can win the nomination. Then they all go to center. How about a national online pan-America people's primary in early August, 2008, just before the conventions. How about we let our average person preferences be known. Then if the DNC and RNC wants to ignore it, so be it, but at their peril.

Seems to me a couple of smart techies along with a handful of political pros could devise an online system pretty quick. In fact, someone must already be doing this. We will all be voting online within ten years anyway. Why not get the ball rolling. If the major candidates knew that in August 2008 some 80 million Americans would vocie their party preference online, I bet we'd be hearing some different things coming out of their mouths today, don't you?  Plus, think of the speed, convenience and accuracy of an online national primary and general election system… think of the demographics…

Hey, if we can pay our Federal taxes online, I don't know why we can't vote online with the same level of security. C'mon, don't you want to send a message and take down the political establishments of the professional Republicans and Democrats?

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