. >> abrahamad lincoln established the national union party and put one-party system so what do you think about us resurrecting that way as it eliminates all the problemss that we face tod. >> i thinkbu having robust political parties is a good thing for the nation because they should be the way that an average american can engage in the political process and i would say one of the problems is that they have become hollowed out shells where large amounts of money are launched and at these high levels and that the ability of the average american to feel like their engagement, whether d republican, democrat r independent has meaning at a local levelev or that the 25, 5, $100,000 that they may give up their hard-earned money has any meaning in the context where there are individuals on both sides of the aisle giving millions of dollars, so political parties should be about how individuals can engage with like-minded people to support the candidates and ideology they believe in. unfortunately, that is and what the political parties have pobecome, and a this point, they seem to be more engaged