''For most of the 20th Century, the contest for the U.S. presidency was waged over those "in the middle." Recent Presidential elections, however, have not been focused on the middle but on the turnout of each party's special interest groups – with each party's "base" representing barely ten percent of the American people.

We believe that, while the leaders of both major parties are well intentioned people, they are trapped in a flawed system – and that the two major parties are today simply neither relevant to the issues and challenges of the 21st Century nor effective in addressing them.

As a result, most Americans have not been enthusiastic about the choices for President in recent elections, the key issues they ran on, or the manner in which the campaigns were conducted.

Therefore Unity08 will act to assure that an alternative ticket is presented to the American voters in 2008.'

This is from the website for Unity08, a new online organization that plans the evolution of a political philosophy and strategy that springs from the belief of participants across the country. Unity 08 was featured in Atlantic Magazine Jan/Feb issue, and was founded by Jerry Rafshoon, Doug Bailey, Hamilton Jordan, and Roger Craver. These men are well-known political consultants who worked for Carter, Ford, and others, and gradually became angered and disgusted by the increasing role played by fund-raising, the disproportionate influence of lobbyists and special interest groups, television attack ads, and the pandering of both parties to their extreme wings. It is an attempt to use the Internet as a tool for revolutionizing the process, and I for one think its worth a look.
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