"It makes me sad to think all of the third party people can't get their stuff together and give us an alternative to the two party system we currently have." I

"It makes me sad to think all of the third party people can't get their stuff together and give us an alternative to the two party system we currently have." It hard. Because our (the US) system is *really designed for 2 parties. Granted, it sure didn't start out that way. But it's morphed into that. Both parties protect their ground. And both parties use the courts (and local governments) to make it VERY hard for any 3rd party to gain ground.