By the way, it seems that some people are against parties. How exactly would you prevent people from forming parties? Death penalty?

If that's a straw man, then I guess there isn't anyone against parties. Great!

I suspect the polls showing a close McCain/Obama race are inaccurate to put it mildly. So many other polls show a large margin of discontent with the status quo. Either that isn't rendering into actual voter rebellion, or the close polls are (ahem) rigged.

Given Diebold's history, though, I expect a close outcome could be easily engineered.