| The Republican Party and the Democratic Party are private associations. They should be able to choose their candidates however they want: delegate selection, flip a coin, sold to the highest bidder, a mud wrestling match. Voters get to decide on the candidates--and to some extent the merits of the selection process--in elections.
It is true that the two major U.S. parties have effectively destroyed representative democracy in America and sold it to corporate, military, and religious interests, but that's another issue.
Then again, American citizens are probably getting the quality of government and politicians they deserve. Not enough of them seem concerned enough to do much about it. They're certainly not taking to the streets as happens in other countries when the electoral system is compromised. |