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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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Cohen on DKos
Here is the post. Last I saw, it was at the top of the rec’d list.
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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…
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Ohh August…
August is just around the corner and I’m already dreading it. Not because of the hot days or anything weather related, but because Congress is out, the news media is asleep and as a certified news junkie, the decline in substantive news in August leaves me shaking in my boots. I should find another hobby.…
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Panhandling is Not Killing Conventions
(Ed. Note: Some of the issues I talk about below may seem mean spirited and not very “liberal”. So be it.) In today’s CA Amos Maki brings up the subject of our panhandling problem downtown, and its effect on our tourism industry. As a professional traveler, and a person who spends an inordinate amount of…
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Harriet the Shy
Harriet, Harriet, Harriet… Man are you having a rough time. First you get the nod for joining the Supremes yanked out from under ya, then you gotta chose between your man and the law. What’s a girl to do? I hope you’re spending some time on the phone with your man because he’s put you…