Our nation is better served with open politics

TIME's Real Clear Politics is an example of the backwardness in American politics today-- they claim that the reason Ron Paul shouldn't be in the Republican Party debates is because he is a libertarian-- not a rightist. That kind of reasoning is bad politics-- not open politics.

Another good example of power grab politics is the way the redistricting process was handled in Texas a few years ago. Then U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay from Sugarland, Texas, bullied his peers in the Texas legislature into passing a biased political re-alignment of U.S. House districts in Texas.

For the good of the country, let us progress in electoral politics. True leadership by our two major parties-- the Democrats and the Republicans-- respects constructive ideas, even if it's from a political minority. A flourishing of parties in the political process is a sign of a healthy republic.