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High: 75° Low: 59° Charleston Light Drizzle, 66° Experts doubt 3rd-party solution Latest Galleries BY ROBERT BEHRE behe@poandcoie.com Saturday, February 11, 2012 Home 6 Comment(s) So Inde 0 Reced Cen Cooking Experience Hawk Rawk Ciil Wa 150 Competition Hendrix Benefit Yo Locon AP Naion/Wold The solution to what ails America's political system is unlikely to be provided by third Offbea parties. Boeing Loe That was the consensus Friday among three political experts, including former U.S. Taffic Cam Rep. Bob Inglis, during a discussion in Charleston sponsored by the Charleston Law Obiaie Review and the Riley Institute at Furman University. Local News Inglis, an Upstate Republican who lost his job to a Ne Achie Covering the politics of the tea party-backed challenger, recalled a memorable Bidge Rn campaign moment between himself and a night Poliic Lowcountry, watchman shortly before the 2010 GOP primary. Colmni South Carolina The man held up his pocket copy of the U.S. Special Repo and the nation. Repo Ne Constitution and asked Inglis if he supported doing Te Ale away with all case law and returning to that. Watchdog "Being not a very good politician obviously, I said no," Inglis joked. He said he then held up his cellphone and explained to the man that the Constitution is silent about Reaan Inpecion Paking Violaion how these devices should be regulated. Se Offende Locao He then tried to crack a joke, saying that as a lawyer, perhaps Inglis should support Bed o Sed Sae Salaie doing away with all case law so he could stay busy in court re-establishing it. The Repo Fad/Abe watchman didn't laugh. Child Cae Facili Reie and Complain While Inglis ended up losing that primary to U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, Inglis noted info Republicans are hard at work trying to co-opt tea party voters and bring them into their fold. LowCountryMarketplace.com Sports That inclination by the two main parties -- to attempt to absorb third-party movements - Local Spo - is just one reason that these parties are unlikely to move America's political needle High School Charleston Lighting & Interiors much, at least not in terms of getting their members elected. College 850 Bacons Bridge Rd Ste E Clemon Summerville, SC Furman political science professor Donald Aeisi cited several other reasons, including Caolina (843) 873-5911 Bae winner-take-all elections, the Electoral College and single-member districts drawn to favor one main political party or another. Famil Cicle Cp NHC Healthcare of Charleston Riedog 2230 Ashley Crossing Dr Jeri Cabot, an adjunct political science professor at the College of Charleston, noted Singa Charleston, SC Naional Spo only 23 of the nation's 7,382 legislative seats are not held by a Republican or (843) 766-5228 Spo Colmni Democrat -- and 16 of those are held by independents who don't identify with a political

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