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The recent senate votes against restoring habeas corpus and for the Lieberman-Kyl amendment (which provides an open back-door for military action against Iran) make it clear that even with a democratic majority, you just can't trust any of them.

Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are the only ones with their hats in the ring that might possibly offer real alternatives, but even they come with too much baggage. I like Dennis a lot, though I think our country is more likely to elect a woman or a black man than a vegan, and while Ron Paul is all for a gun in every home, his strict Constitutionalist views would at this point in our history feel like a breath of fresh air. But what we really need is an outsider - a populist leader.

Enter unity08.com:

Unity08 is a growing movement of Americans that will combine America's oldest values and newest technology to change our politics forever. We believe that neither of today's parties reflects the aspirations of the majority of Americans. Both are unduly influenced by special interests and by money.

We believe that, as each generation before us has done, it is time to re-ignite the torch of freedom and create the re-United States of America.

We are of all parties, all ages, and all ethnicities.

We will not waste time talking about the shortcomings of today's parties or pointing fingers and bickering as they do.

Instead we will prepare to hold, in June 2008, the first-ever online convention where millions of Americans will nominate a Unity ticket for President and Vice President of the United States. We will work to achieve ballot access for that ticket in all 50 states. We will elect them to the White House in November 2008.

And, we will empower the American people to determine the crucial issues that will constitute the New American Agenda for the next president -- and then vote on the key questions about those issues that all candidates seeking the Unity08 nomination will be expected to answer candidly and directly.

We invite all Americans to join us as voting members, to light up their own torch of freedom, and to help us reactivate the true American community -- where finding common ground is how true leaders meet crucial issues and prove worthy of both our history and our dreams.

Check out unity08.com (a nice Drupal site if a bit buggy - they could use CivicActions). The power is in our hands if enough of us choose to grab it.