My Wish List

There are a lot of reforms that our electoral process could stand for. My wish-list of reforms would include:

1. Media reform so that Federal election candidates get free and reasonable access to the public air-ways — they are our public air-ways, after all.

2. Dump the electoral college — it’s undemocratic, and unnecessary in the 21st century.

3. Campaign reform to get us closer to 100% public financing for Federal elections (or, at the very least, the presidency).

4. Viable and true multiparty representation, so that we’re not limited to only two parties, giving us more choice — it’s the American way. Lord knows I like a Sprite every now and then, and not just Coke vs. Pepsi.

5. And, in the immediate future, more debates between presidential candidates where issues are debated; and where the media-talking-heads do their job (for once), stick to the issues and avoid the “he-said vs. he-said” scenario we all detest.

This is my wish-list. Of course, it’s not very likely to happen any time soon. However, Mr. Kerry’s proposal of conducting weekly debates between now and Nov. 2nd is certainly a good thing, if one is interested in hearing about the issues from the candidates themselves. I say let’s let them go one-on-one, Mr. Kerry has already volunteered (like he did when he chose to go to Vietnam); Mr. Bush in the other hand… well, let’s just say that Mr. Bush is AWOL, and has sent others to rebuff Mr. Kerry’s proposal.