Yeah, mouse... A true third party would shake things up and get folks workin' on a fix... I liked the genenarl idea of the LibDems and Conservative in the UK forging a coilition... If I understand it correctly, what the LibDem wanted and may get is representation equal to their share of the votes... What a novel concept!!! You know, representative government...

Yes, that is the way out for US... I mean, if we were to have representative government then I could see Congress as something like this:

Dems 30%
Repubs 30%
Tea Party 15%
Green Party 15%
The Wacko Party 5%
The Even Wackier Party 5%

Hey, now ***that*** would be a Congress where some compromises would have to be made... And the first on I would like would be abolishing the undemocratic fillibuster rule and the "secret hold"...

B~