Thom Hartmann: The Real War - On American Democracy

You can also check out his web site. Read the first one of these to see what you can do to stop this state of affairs.

I'm sorry that includes forgetting third parties until you one can reasonably expect over 30% of the popular vote. Join the Democratic party and work toward changing the voting systems we use so third parties mean something. The Science Fiction Hugo Awards use the Australian runoff rules which would at least be a start for third parties. Alaska almost instituted it until the Republicans got scared.