Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

In response to my first irregular diary entry, Jim asks the question:

“…perhaps it’s time to stop voting Democrat.
Gall, what do you have in mind?”

Oh, good question.

Yes, and no. I think it’s time to stop accepting the partisan frame of politics. We need to stop looking at politicians according to whether they are Democrats or Republicans, and look at them according to how they vote.

Imagine if we could group politicians according to their votes, right wing or progressive, and then give those groups our own labels, and identify ourselves according which group we feel most affinity with – then work with politicians in that group, whether they’re Democrats or Republicans.

This would have to be a totally grassroots effort to reject the dominant political party framework – going even more alternative than the third party efforts by groups like the Greens.

So, we vote with the group of politicians who votes our interest, and whether they’re Democrats or not is as irrelevant as whether they’re members of the Rotary Club.

What do you think?

I was thinking that you could use something like the resource you’ve developed with your progressive scorecard for the House to do this.