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What if no candidate has a majority of electors in the GE?

Submitted by The Wizard on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 12:00pm

the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the H

The condescending style of the Clinton people and this fall

Submitted by fladem on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 9:41pm

So a good guy, Teacherken, writes the latest in a sequence of diaries essentially saying the Sanders people should all give up. The tenor is all the same: we told you he would lose.

Now most of these people never thought Sanders would break 30, so the idea the know something we don't is absurd. We long since outperformed their wildest expectations.

So I wrote this:
No it really is. Profoundly condescending.

It's Over Gandalf. We Need to Unite Behind Saruman To Save Middle Earth From Sauron!

Submitted by greywolfe359 on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 1:25pm

I’ve been on Team Gandalf ever since he first visited the Shire. It was so nice to see a wizard who was truly a wizard of the people. The kind of wizard who wouldn’t even throw you in a dungeon for smoking a little Longbottom Leaf or Old Toby. Here was a wizard who didn’t have a big fancy tower. His staff and cloak were rather plain and grey. And he had quite a dream, didn’t he?

A Word Of Warning For Caucus States

Submitted by RuralLiberal on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 1:13pm

I attended my precinct caucus in Minnesota on Super Tuesday. In fact, I was a Bernie Sanders Caucus Captain. Bernie took my county, Hubbard, with 55% of the vote, compared to Clinton's 45%. At our caucus, delegates to the county convention were chosen. Last Saturday was the county convention.

The Week Article: Here's the Path Forward

Submitted by mae scott on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 9:51am


Here's the path forward for Bernie Sanders and his revolutionaries

I am in it to win it and want Sanders to go all the way to convention. That being said, Sen. Sanders has tapped the hearts and minds of a LOT of folks and we should be thinking about how to parlay that into pushing this movement forward. Ryan Scott of The Week gives his thoughts. A snippet:

Democratic Establishment says, 'C'mon under our big tent and get yer diminished expectations right here!'

Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 03/10/2016 - 4:15pm

We are in the midst of a moment in American politics where change is possible; as the success of outsider candidates makes clear, a sizable body of the people want real, substantive, paradigm-shifting (perhaps even radical by American standards) change. Given the tenacity and success of establishment candidates, you can see that there are is also a sizable body of people who oppose change that comes in large increments as either unproductive or potentially disruptive.

In the Democratic race, the positions and policies of Sanders and Clinton have been dissected, compared and contrasted - but the key debate is about the kind of change we are to have.

The change debate is the transcendent issue of this contest. The contested issue is whether the American people can demand and have implemented by their "representatives" in government wholesale change, or if they must settle for minor incremental changes described as pragmatic and "progressive" (for people who like to get things done) - because the representatives must ask the permission of the 1% before proceeding.

My latest "dickish" comment reply on Ye' ol' DK

Submitted by Alphalop on Wed, 03/09/2016 - 7:37am

fugitive Dave Brown Mar 09 · 07:53:43 AM
No. No we’re not. I’m enjoying your joy. But I am aghast at the “in your face!” comments and the “in your face Markos!” diaries. It reinforces my fears that if Ms. Clinton wins that a good number of Sanders supporters will bail during the general. In fact, in the last 24 hours I’ve seen the worst kos diary I’ve ever seen in my 12 years here. And spare me the “but both sides do it” replies.

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