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"In other words: Election reform means we'll elect better officials. And better officials means better policies." Agreed.

The democrats haven't figured out yet that the states control the federal government to a very large extent. We don't have very good candidates and platforms at some state levels.

States control (1) the constitutional amendment process; (2) the Senate, since a state gets two senators no matter what the population (and remember that if it weren't for the filibuster, the Senate/States would control the federal judiciary); (3) the redistricting process for the House; (4) the electoral process, unless scumbag Scalia steps in. These are vital processes.

I think that the right wing extremists realized that states control our government decades ago and have taken steps to control the statehouses. They have done a very good job, indeed, at the grass roots.