With apparently no possibility for two left-wing parties cooperation, due to some people (on both sides) personal obsessions, I'm glad Jbrase won. Although there are a lot of political disagreements between us, I'm sure he'll be a dedicated Senator, as I already know he can work above of party/ideological lines. I fail to see any TG's ability to get along with the people outside her narrow circle.
Since my candidate didn't win, I'm glad to see Atlasian Ron Paul beating Atlasian Sarah Palin.
This whole episode reminds me of whenever the the AASP and the Populares were going at war with each other. I wanted to put personal animosities behind us and work towards a common objective but the Populares Party seemed hell bent on preventing me from doing so. It was either their way or the highway. As much as it sucks for me to say but, it was their way.
There is no way in hell two left parties are ever going to fully cooperate, just like there was no way in hell two libertarian parties were ever going to fully cooperate. There can only be one left dog in the yard, much like there could be only one libertarian dog in the yard. It was only by putting my personal issues with people like Libertas aside that I was able to help the libertarian movement advance, even if it meant giving up on the Atlasian Anti-Square Party.
I know it sucks, but one of your groups is going to have to kick the can if you want to see left wing domination succeed. Two leftist parties breed more animosity towards each other than they would with a right wing party. It's only natural because by default you guys are stealing each other's votes. It sucks, I know it sucks that one group may hate the other so much that it ends up endorsing different ideological candidates, but that is the nature of the beast.
It's hard to be unified if the Left is split up into numerous parties, much like it was for the libertarian/right to be split up into three different parties. Just take it from me: work out your differences and the group more prone to compromise should just give in.
If that proves too hard for either group to do remember one thing: IT'S JUST A F***ING GAME, alright? And in games the point is to win. Sometimes to win you got to ally with assholes and sometimes you have to let those assholes win so that in the end you can win as well.
Damn, this speech just really sucks. Then again I guess it really touches on why there has never been any real right wing domination for the past few years (y'know due to the whole RPP, PCP, POP, AASP, John Engle Party, blahblahblahblahblah).
