The game has to be fundamentally changed if we want to draw on the right kinds of players. There's too much at stake--we need to make "trust" more than the hollow word it has become in today's politics.

While a platform or list of goals is the staple of any party, its been done before. To be truly different and innovative I would suggest focusing on helping create a process of bringing about progressive goals, building coalitions of effective individuals who have gotten results seeking to build a smarter government based on what is measurably effective. Examples of what I can think of would be like the constitution or the underlying protocols that were construction to form the Internet. Working toward a new system or reforming what is possible, rather than only feeding the existing one.

A modern economy and society cannot function with out a source of power. The United States cannot thrive without having control of where its power comes from.

Have the federal government work with state and local governments to modernize out bike ways and encourage bicycling for commuting and regular transportation, as well as for recreation

Each state's delegation would consist of different party's members, the amount of each determined by the percent of the vote their party got. In Alaska, for instance, the 1 party with the most votes would send the 1 representative. In California, a party receiving 10% of the vote would send 5 of the 53 reprsentatives.

Vocational education options to get skills to students who are not well served by traditional education systems

Military action should impact all citizens AND it should be paid for. There should be a disincentive to use force.

I would propose having a mandatory war-time tax to pay for the effort(s). With a complete exemption for people/families who:

* have an immediate family member serving the effort
* live at less than 3 (three) times the poverty threshold [defined by the U.S. Census Bureau]