repeter
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This is, of course, silly - more parties doesn't mean less influence from "special interests" - it just means they spread their influence differently.So long as people have the right to group together to get what they want from their congresspeople, there will always be special interest groups - and, as political free speech is a basic tenet of American society, that right will never go away. If you have an issue with a particular special interest group gaining, IYHO, too much influence over people in congress, the corrsct response is NOT to try to limit that group thru legislation or to change the rules for that group, but to get beehind a group (or create yur own group) in an effort to counter that influence.
If special interest groups pursue avenues different form the two "major" political parties, then their power is distributed, and somewhat diluted. And to counter another special interest group with one of your own is ludicrous; you'd end up just wasting resources trying to buy politicians and whatnot, rather then spending money on more reliable projects.