tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post6931249619449102623..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: Inmates Running The AsylumTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-69725571460208667832010-06-13T22:24:46.594-05:002010-06-13T22:24:46.594-05:00Tim, re Tammy Baldwin, you're dead wrong. Ta...Tim, re Tammy Baldwin, you're dead wrong. Tammy IS automatically re-elected every time, but she's not by anyone's measure "...one of the least effective members of Congress." Tammy's been very effective and has positions on two powerful committees, Energy & Commerce and Judiciary. Her local constituent service is outstanding and she's successful in bringing federal grants to the District. Got any evidence for your statement?<br /><br />Considering the very many ineffective members in both parties of both chambers of Congress, your Baldwin comment is factually wrong and unfair. Dave DeFelice isn't ready to carry Tammy's briefcase, and any effort he might make to challenge her in a primary is a pipe dream.<br /><br />The rest of the post focusing on both parties trying to pressure folks not to engage in circular firing squad primaries is on target.<br /><br />Barry (not the Alvarez)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-24051460497218452272010-06-11T10:27:09.286-05:002010-06-11T10:27:09.286-05:00Yah is coming.
Prepare for a year of fire.Yah is coming.<br /><br />Prepare for a year of fire.antpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-44733452490596435522010-06-11T10:25:46.362-05:002010-06-11T10:25:46.362-05:00Colonel,
What do you make of the goings on in the...Colonel,<br /><br />What do you make of the goings on in the Senate race in SC? Keither Olbermann's interview of the victorious Democrat was bizarre:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlp4fTell4<br /><br />The Town CrankSteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-90339896618763956812010-06-11T09:38:47.305-05:002010-06-11T09:38:47.305-05:00Meh...
No matter Wall's personal integrity--t...Meh...<br /><br />No matter Wall's personal integrity--the 'no-tax' problem IS a killer. Leinie had absolutely no reason to run except boredom, and it showed.<br /><br />And, yes, parties nominate people who are 'calculated risks' to win. They can afford to run on principles in only 2 instances: when their candidate is guaranteed to either win or lose by a ton.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-88050952128369105452010-06-11T08:03:38.445-05:002010-06-11T08:03:38.445-05:00The notion that the political system is somehow &q...The notion that the political system is somehow "open" is one of the more enduring myths of our two-party democracy. Picking candidates and getting them elected is what political parties are for. That process has always been a breeding place for machination and manipulation and assorted other political skulduggery.<br /><br />Changing the system in a way beneficial to the public as a whole is more easily said than done.<br /><br />Viable alternative parties would only marginally improve matters. There would be more choices, but the parties would still engage in the same closed selection process. <br /><br />Third parties would not necessarily mean better candidates, as the Tea Party's sometimes loony selections so far have demonstrated.<br /><br />Wide-open primaries might be an answer. California thinks it is trying such an approach, but the Golden State may reap the whirlwind in the wake its embrace of the bizarre changes its potentially disastrous Proposition 14 will bring. <br /><br />Money has always played a major, if not necessarily incontrovertible role in determining a candidate's success. That may change. The law of unintended consequences is likely to hand the California political process over to the candidates with access to the most cash. "Angry" voters, who seem to have let their emotions overrule whatever good sense they may possess, have raised the potential for mischief by at least an order of magnitude.hieronymousnoreply@blogger.com