Run the Other Way
Fixing the Two-Party System, One Campaign at a Time
Chapter 1: Election Industry, Inc.
Americans own the greatest political system in the world. It works wonderfully well for everyone involved, except two groups of people:
Voters. And candidates.
Political parties, pollsters, political consultants, fundraisers, media mavens, junk mailers, spammers, special interest groups, lobbyists, and various other meretricious sorts all profit handsomely from our current political system.
Who pays for it? You. And me. And, of course, any candidate brave enough to run for public office.
After over a dozen years trying to upgrade political communications, I have come to understand that some of the most fearsome obstacles our candidates face are their own political parties and Washington, D.C.-based pol ... read full excerpt from Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, One Campaign at a Time ebook