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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Maybe you shouldn't have fucked with the president so much." [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)82. Not gonna be easy what with all the gerrymandering. I live in PA and despite being a blue state
we're got a shitload of Teapers in charge. My rep, Joe Pitts, is the prototypical mean old white RWer. He lost in two of the three counties in his district, but the most rural county took him over the top.
One of my senators is Pat Toomey, another blatant shill for the 1% with 4 more years left in his term, and the other is a moderate Dem.
There have been a lot of good candidates for the "gerrymander of the decade" award this cycle. North Carolina, Illinois and Texas have all dreamed up district lines that have gone well beyond what many pundits believed could be pulled off in those states. Honorable mentions go to Massachusetts and Maryland, whose districts combine to allow for the election of one Republican out of 17 districts.
But the legislators in all those states were making heavily Democratic/Republican delegations in states that were likewise heavily Democratic/Republican. That isnt a tremendous job.
But the legislators in all those states were making heavily Democratic/Republican delegations in states that were likewise heavily Democratic/Republican. That isnt a tremendous job.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/14/in_pennsylvania_the_gerrymander_of_the_decade_112404.html
I'm being told that there's little hope of undoing this. How can that be?
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Of course the media won't mention it. That would make their *owners* look like idiots...
freshwest
Nov 2012
#55
Any examination of the 5 or so owners of media show them to be anything but 'liberal.'
freshwest
Nov 2012
#69
The President's budget got the votes of 65 million Americans on Nov. 6, Boner!
SunSeeker
Nov 2012
#6
That ANY Republican would presume to be even loosely acquainted with "reality" ...
TahitiNut
Nov 2012
#7
$1.6 trillion in taxes is 'a raid on the castle and taking back what they took.'
freshwest
Nov 2012
#32
Everytime they've fucked around on this, the tax amount goes up along with the stimulus funds.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#56
"The only thing they understand is being shown the door." - Well, I think a little
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#80
Not gonna be easy what with all the gerrymandering. I live in PA and despite being a blue state
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2012
#82
I'm not optimistic because, as Rachel Maddow explained last night,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2012
#89
There is no fiscal cliff, it's a fiscal bluff; really it's budget control,
grahamhgreen
Nov 2012
#24
Mr. Obama and Harry Reid skillfully maneuvered the Republicans into a trap of their own making.
Ikonoklast
Nov 2012
#26
I don't think it is a win - win but isn't it ironic how the GOP may have to live with the answer
Filibuster Harry
Nov 2012
#40