Ron Paul Makes His Endorsement

Anybody but one of the two major party's nominees. And he means ANYONE. His open endorsement of the handful of crackpots running, after signing a pledge to pursue four broadly stated policies that energized his campaign, was a signal that breaking the two party stranglehold was more important than anything else to him. 

He notes that there is very little difference between the two parties. After all, there is no difference between a liberal Republican and a Conservative Democrat. None, other than party line votes and some rhetoric. 

Each major party is really a coalition of parts that could be their own party. The Democrats include center-lefts, socialists, labor, green, and a large host of smaller groups. The Republicans consist of center-right, far right, religious, and libertarian, along with a few others. These unwieldy collections of disparate interests lead to little action, since it must be inoffensive to each of the parts. 

Just as each party is not homogeneous, most citizens are not completely in line with either party, unless it stems from a decision to be. Having a variety of small parties would allow for temporary coalitions to pass the legislation that matter most to the American people. Politics should not be a zero-sum game. However, self-interest gives both parties, which share 100% of power, a very large reason to see that this never happens.