[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Wydraz:
You left one out: ZERO PARTY SYSTEMS!

If everyone in office were not a member of a party, they wouldn't have to toe the party line. They'd instead have to do what they thought was right. Imagine that.

Pollyanna. Wishful thinking.

Instead of being beholden to a large political party that by it's sheer size must have a somewhat broad spectrum of political points of view, your representative would answer to a small group of people that have the resources neccesary to get their attention.

The absence of any political parties could, probably would, result in even more grevious abuses then our current two-party system. The parties help to moderate the political landscape and reduce the effect of small highly motivated special interest Groups that just happen to have access to large amounts of resources. Of course it doesn't eliminate this problem entirely, but it really is better then it would be without them.