A break from our two-party system will not be possible until the our system of party primaries and electoral rules is revamped. This requires the election of lawmakers willing to make the necessary changes– changes that would ironically demolish the dual-party power sharing architecture that allowed the lawmakers to get there in the first place.I don’t yet know who will receive my vote for in 2008. I do know that my continued desire to be an independent only results diminished power of my vote– I won’t be able to have a say in who gets to be a front-runner in either of the two parties. However none of that would matter, if we only we had a ranked-ballot voting system. I can only hope that someday enough people will be fed up with the electoral status quo that fundamental change to our voting system will be implemented. Changing the electoral system is fundamental to improving the American political process.