Fixing the Broken Two-Party System

The California Common Sense Party is a centrist third party in California aiming to disrupt the two-party system by appealing to moderate voters.

Californians enjoy abundant choice when it comes to cuisine, entertainment and leisure activities. Yet in the political arena, we are stuck with just one choice.

The Democrats have effectively had One Party Rule here for the last two decades. Since 1996, Democrats have continuously held a majority in the State Assembly and currently hold a dominant 62-18 supermajority in the 80-seat chamber.

Common Sense Party @commonsense4ca

We reject do-nothingism, the “two-party” status quo & extremism. We’re about COMMON SENSE. ❌ Loud mouth personalities and extreme agendas divide the nation. ✅ But the Common Sense Party believes in bringing people together to change the system and leave behind the nonsense.

Most forget what happened in the 1990s that permanently changed the balance of power. In 1994, Proposition 187 passed by referendum, with strong support from then-Governor Pete Wilson. The law banned undocumented immigrants from accessing non-emergency healthcare, public schools, and other services in California. Since then, Hispanic voters have largely voted as a bloc for Democrats, leaving Republicans all but irrelevant.

Register with the Common Sense Party today

Tom Campbell served five terms in the US Congress, and one two-year term in the State Senate. He created the Common Sense Party to combine fiscal responsibility with inclusivity to appeal to the wide swath of voters who want more choice in their political candidates. Sounds a lot like libertarianism, without all the baggage that the word carries.

Is it too much to ask for an independent-minded politician who is neither bought and paid for by the public sector unions, nor an anti-immigrant fanatic?

The California Common Sense Party has aligned with Andrew Yang’s “Forward” Party movement – trying to break the “two-party doom loop,” and find common sense solutions. Tom Campbell joins me this Sunday to break the latest news about their plans to disrupt California politics.

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• Learn more and update your voter registration at CACommonSense.org

• George Washington-Baneful Effects of Political Parties - Thirty-Thousand.org

• Common Sense Party on Twitter

ICYMI – Taking the Lapdog Press to Task on Foreign Policy Reporting

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Are we repeating the same mistakes with Ukraine as the media cheerleads the escalation of another unwinnable war?

Bob Zadek @rzadek

"Journalism has failed spectacularly in covering defense, foreign policy, and international issues... The press acts as the government's lapdog rather than its watchdog." – Ted Galen Carpenter on his new book from the @CatoInstitute

bobzadek.substack.comTaking the Lapdog Press to Task on Foreign Policy ReportingListen now (53 min) | Ted Galen Carpenter thinks we’re repeating the same mistakes in Ukraine, yet journalists have learned nothing from Iraq.

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Taking the Lapdog Press to Task on Foreign Policy Reporting