Tag: 2008
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Clark Endorses Clinton
From his PAC, Securing AmericaandMYDD This is disappointing to me in so many ways. I was on the Draft Clark train back in ’04. As Clark seemed less and less likely to get his stuff together, my support waned, but my respect for the man was not diminished. Clark was one of the most requested…
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More Math on the Electoral College
Yesterday, WTL posted about North Carolina potentially splitting it’s Electoral College vote by districts. As I wrote a couple of days ago, a national movement on this front would ensure that NO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE would win in the foreseeable future. The idea of splitting a state’s EC vote is quaint, but still ignores the…
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This Would Spell Disaster
If anything is a sign that Republicans are desperate, this is it. The ballot initiative, if passed, would split California, a state that Democrats have won in all four of the last four Presidential cycles, into 53 electoral contests, with the majority winner for the state taking the final 2 electoral votes. This is a…