Well Amos , if we are fearmongers, I feel we have much to be frightened about.
One of the most frightening things on this thread is the reluctance of "Democrats" here to explain the role of the Party in American politics.....Why such obscene amounts of money are required to promote the candidates...why the cult of celebrity plays such a big part....Why does personality count for more than policy, to the extent that a cadidate can run his or her whole election campaign without stating clearly what they intend to do to give America a fairer social system, or what their intended foreign policy will be.

Looking from here, the Democratic Party seems to encompass all shades of political opinion, from centrist to extreme right wing, depending on the geography.

If this is correct, what is the reason for having a Democratic Party at all?

Why do you not just vote in some less virulent Republicans?

Or is the two Party system simply a con as many seem to think....Ake