candycorn
Diamond Member
Its a tiresome argument. Not because wanting a nationwide popular vote is in itself a bad thing. I mean, we don’t do this in the states for governors or the cities for mayors. If the EC is such a good idea (I think it is—I’m just playing devil’s advocate here), why not give counties in states weighted votes and decide the governorships that way? Its a tiresome argument because the truth is that there is no 100% perfect system. I think the EC is as close as we can get given the obvious cause-and-effect that would take place if we went with NPV. You’d have candidates only campaign in large population centers and that would be it.
And remember, I’m as liberal as you can get and supposedly the liberal candidate got screwed twice in 16 years by this thing. Libs need to understand that if you lose, it doesn’t mean you were screwed; it means the other guy won. I think Gore lost the election by not embracing 8 years of peace and prosperity. Clinton didn’t lose, Trump beat her by recognizing a reality that people like me didn’t see. I still do not feel the “anger” is an issue. Elsewise, why are so many incumbents going back to Washington? The reality is that mechanisms that were supposed to do XY&Z are not working for a great many people in this nation. Hillary wanted to strengthen them and do some more programs. Not a winning strategy when you can’t get the car to start to add a new stereo and power windows.
Yesterday morning, I did something I don’t do very often. I went out to the ER (the employee gym is next to the ER in my building). I usually take the employee elevators down to the Central Supply and go to the gym that way. This time, I took the public lift to the ground floor and walked through the ER. I’m not sure why. I guess I wanted to get a look at the people for a change. One lady was there. Hispanic 50-70 y/o (couldn’t tell; she was in that bad a shape) with edema in both feet. Her chanclas were actually squeezing her feet around the toes because they were so swollen. The color of her face was caramel coffee; lovely Hispanic skin. Her feet? Looked like raw eggplant. I don’t know much Spanish so I don’t know what was being said between the intake and the patient but this is 7 years after the ACA??? Now, this lady may have just landed here from Guatemala or maybe she is a native Arizonan. Maybe she has insurance; maybes she doesn’t. Maybe this was an acute condition brought on by new heart failure. I don’t know. I get the feeling though that she is or was the target audience for the ACA. For whatever reason, she didn’t find it affordable enough for her to get the insurance or the care it insures and act upon the medical conditions.
A more positive pursuit for federal campaign reform is one that gets rid of this maniacal system we have of a 15 month campaign with two to three (face it) very insignificant (population-wise) states deciding which candidates move on in the contest. The States should take back control of the primary system from the Parties and move to five regional primaries that involve 7-13 states each month. Start it in March and end it in August. Have your conventions and then a 3 month sprint to the General.
And remember, I’m as liberal as you can get and supposedly the liberal candidate got screwed twice in 16 years by this thing. Libs need to understand that if you lose, it doesn’t mean you were screwed; it means the other guy won. I think Gore lost the election by not embracing 8 years of peace and prosperity. Clinton didn’t lose, Trump beat her by recognizing a reality that people like me didn’t see. I still do not feel the “anger” is an issue. Elsewise, why are so many incumbents going back to Washington? The reality is that mechanisms that were supposed to do XY&Z are not working for a great many people in this nation. Hillary wanted to strengthen them and do some more programs. Not a winning strategy when you can’t get the car to start to add a new stereo and power windows.
Yesterday morning, I did something I don’t do very often. I went out to the ER (the employee gym is next to the ER in my building). I usually take the employee elevators down to the Central Supply and go to the gym that way. This time, I took the public lift to the ground floor and walked through the ER. I’m not sure why. I guess I wanted to get a look at the people for a change. One lady was there. Hispanic 50-70 y/o (couldn’t tell; she was in that bad a shape) with edema in both feet. Her chanclas were actually squeezing her feet around the toes because they were so swollen. The color of her face was caramel coffee; lovely Hispanic skin. Her feet? Looked like raw eggplant. I don’t know much Spanish so I don’t know what was being said between the intake and the patient but this is 7 years after the ACA??? Now, this lady may have just landed here from Guatemala or maybe she is a native Arizonan. Maybe she has insurance; maybes she doesn’t. Maybe this was an acute condition brought on by new heart failure. I don’t know. I get the feeling though that she is or was the target audience for the ACA. For whatever reason, she didn’t find it affordable enough for her to get the insurance or the care it insures and act upon the medical conditions.
A more positive pursuit for federal campaign reform is one that gets rid of this maniacal system we have of a 15 month campaign with two to three (face it) very insignificant (population-wise) states deciding which candidates move on in the contest. The States should take back control of the primary system from the Parties and move to five regional primaries that involve 7-13 states each month. Start it in March and end it in August. Have your conventions and then a 3 month sprint to the General.
