
Journal pudge's Journal: Poll Question of the Week: Congressional Control 8
"Which party do you want to control Congress?" Since there are 535 members of Congress and no one gets to vote for more than three of them, and those votes often have a lot less to do with parties than incumbencies
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If libertarians or greens are ever to gain significant power, the election system needs to change. Perhaps by using Condorcet or Proportional election methods. Perhaps by capping campaign spending so smaller parties aren't drowned by advertizing. Perhaps by ending corporate campaign contributions because the SC overturns it's rulings about personhood. Then wealthy libertarians
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If that were true, then the Federalists and Democrat-Republicans would still be in control of the U.S. political system. We've basically had five major parties in this country's history, although only two for the past 150 years, and never more than two at a time for more than a very short period of time. But the point is that parties can die off and be replaced *if the people and politicians want them to.*
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Perhaps McCain and Feingold will yet find a way to limit PACs.
Seems like the Dems and Reps will keep shifting their platform to the left and right as much as needed to stay in power. So they'd rather betray some of their principles than die off.
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It is obvious over the last couple years with having the Republicans in control of both houses and the whitehouse spending, or atleast reigning in spending, is not a high priority. Without contention they spend money like it is going out of style.
Now, the toss up is the presidency or the house. In the event of war, threats, an
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My point is that what anyone wants doesn't matter at all. Public opinion on the matter is unimportant. I don't care who anyone wants to control Congress.
as [the Senate] is where spending originates
You have it backward: "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." It is raising revenue, not spending, that is restricted to one house, and it is the House, not the Senate, to which it is constricted.
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You have it backward:
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Doh, curse my damn brain. I shouldn't post without more than 24hours of sleep. My bad.
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