Familiar with Unity ‘08 yet?  Here is a little snippet from Wiki:

The group was initially founded as a non-profit organization by several political figures, including former Maine governor Angus King and former presidential aides Doug Bailey, Hamilton Jordan and Gerald Rafshoon. In an interview that aired on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in May 2006, Unity08’s founders said that the group was formed in response to the polarization between the Republican and Democratic political parties. The group cited a poll it commissioned from Princeton Survey Research and claimed that 82 percent of Americans think that the two major political parties are unable to address the country’s problems and that 73 percent of Americans are in favor of alternatives to the two parties.

The group’s status as a non-profit organization came into question when they asked the Federal Election Commission if the group could defer registering as a political action committee until after its candidates for the 2008 presidential election are named. A draft released by the commission in July 2006 concluded that “Unity 08 must register as a policy committee and therefore is subject to the reporting requirements and limitations and prohibitions”. In October 2006, the commission voted on the matter and declared that the group must register as a political action committee.

So will Unity 08 actually change anything?  Will they meet their goal of  nominating a bipartisan presidential ticket in the first-ever online political convention – the first-ever national presidential primary.  If they do will it make a difference?

Even if it doesn’t ‘change’ anything in the ‘08 elections it’s nice to see something “real” in regards to this.  There is also a Reality TV show where you can win 1 million dollars if you win. The catch?  You have to use it to run for office, or donate to a candidate of your choice. You can read more about the Political Reality Show here.

Independent Reality Politics Show

Independent Politics Show