Guess you've never heard of ACORN and you're unaware who controls the voting apparatus in every big city. A third party has as much chance of winning in America as somebody besides Daley has of winning in Chicago.
If we are all to buy into the "Blame everybody" mantra, than how do you justify Clinton vetoing the drilling bill that had passed both houses of congress in the mid 90's and was laying on his desk? That was over 10 years ago. And just who was it that relaxed the standards for getting those sub-prime loans that sunk Fannie and Freddie? Bill Clinton and his accomplises in Congress.
GWB tried to do something about both but he was blocked. That's the crux of our major problems today if you can handle the truth. "The unintended consequense of Liberal policys", like saving that barren wasteland "environment" in Anwar and putting people in housing they couldn't afford. The "Community reinvestment act" can be traced back to Carter, and the blockage of oil and gas exploration and the blockage of any new Nuclear power stations dates back decades. Ever hear of
Greenpeace? Not exactly a Conservative institution.
Bottom line to me is to continue doing what we have already been doing for decades is not "Change we can believe in". Are we more dependant than ever on Foreign Oil? YES. Because we refuse to use what's in our own ground. To some transporting it across the Ocean is better for the environment. That's just INSANITY