Super Tuesday Two
- Thread starter cptlo
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Rubio will be forced out by his party buddies. He will cry, kick, and scream but ultimately do what they tell him which is why he doesn't get my vote. I think Trump will pull off an upset in Ohio but I could be wrong (it does happen from time to time). Why Kasich is even still in the race is what I can' figure out.
The Sound Guy
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In the other thread, someone proposed that Kasich may be the Party Elite's choice for candidate. That may be why he's still in.
I'll find a third party candidate I can support to vote for if the GOP elite jimmy the convention to make someone the candidate that didn't win but a single state (or none). I'm tired of getting the elite's crap for candidates and having to vote against someone rather than for someone I really like.
I'll find a third party candidate I can support to vote for if the GOP elite jimmy the convention to make someone the candidate that didn't win but a single state (or none). I'm tired of getting the elite's crap for candidates and having to vote against someone rather than for someone I really like.
I feel the same way. I still haven't had anyone give me an acceptable answer to the question of, "What has the GOP done for me (us) lately." I have no motivation to vote for the GOP appointed nominee.
lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
Two weeks too late. Ah, hubris.
Where Jeb Bush will be shoved down our throats!
cptlo
Pursuit Driver
I think at this point they would have to choose either Trump or Cruz.
lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
Trump wins everything but Ohio. Sux to be a conservative right now, it's even worse to be a libertarian leaning conservative. Trump is neither. The GOP is gasping it's last breath. We are in for another 4 years of progressivism, followed by who knows what. This is either the beginning of the end, where democracy eats itself, or it marks the eventual rebirth of a new conservative party in 2020 or 2024. The one thing that is crystal clear is that this is an important turning point in the history of this country. We need a few patriots.
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The Sound Guy
Pursuit Driver
Has anyone else heard about this "National Popular Vote" plan? It appears real and on the way to happening.
I have mixed feelings on it. In some ways I think it might backfire and make a third party candidate possible (esp in a crazy year like this) but in other ways I really hate to see the system that has worked (for the most part) for over 200 years screwed with.
Thoughts?
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Georgians who care about the U.S. Constitution should be alarmed about two bills being pushed through the state legislature. They would, in essence, eliminate the Electoral College set up by the Framers – but without going through the required process of passing a constitutional amendment.
The Georgia legislature is currently considering whether Georgia should enter into a state compact known as the National Popular Vote plan. The NPV is being pushed by a California advocacy organization organized and financed by multimillionaires John Koza and Tom Golisano. Koza is a former Al Gore elector; Golisano was a John Kerry supporter who gave a cool $1 million to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
Koza and his fellow liberal activists (such as Jonathan Soros, who also supports the NPV) want to get rid of the Electoral College — without getting the consent of the majority of Americans or the approval of Congress.
Their stealth campaign proposes an interstate compact in which participating states agree to allocate their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of the popular vote results in their states or whether the candidate even qualified to be on that state’s ballot. So in 2008 and 2012 when the majority of Georgia voters chose John McCain and Mitt Romney, the state would have ignored its voters and awarded the state’s Electoral College votes to Barack Obama.
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http://theresurgent.com/destroying-the-electoral-college-in-georgia/
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
I have mixed feelings on it. In some ways I think it might backfire and make a third party candidate possible (esp in a crazy year like this) but in other ways I really hate to see the system that has worked (for the most part) for over 200 years screwed with.
Thoughts?
<quote>
Georgians who care about the U.S. Constitution should be alarmed about two bills being pushed through the state legislature. They would, in essence, eliminate the Electoral College set up by the Framers – but without going through the required process of passing a constitutional amendment.
The Georgia legislature is currently considering whether Georgia should enter into a state compact known as the National Popular Vote plan. The NPV is being pushed by a California advocacy organization organized and financed by multimillionaires John Koza and Tom Golisano. Koza is a former Al Gore elector; Golisano was a John Kerry supporter who gave a cool $1 million to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
Koza and his fellow liberal activists (such as Jonathan Soros, who also supports the NPV) want to get rid of the Electoral College — without getting the consent of the majority of Americans or the approval of Congress.
Their stealth campaign proposes an interstate compact in which participating states agree to allocate their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of the popular vote results in their states or whether the candidate even qualified to be on that state’s ballot. So in 2008 and 2012 when the majority of Georgia voters chose John McCain and Mitt Romney, the state would have ignored its voters and awarded the state’s Electoral College votes to Barack Obama.
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http://theresurgent.com/destroying-the-electoral-college-in-georgia/
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
The Sound Guy
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Agreed, but the way it is now, a third party candidate has no chance. Having the college representatives done proportionally would give them more of a chance, but make it more likely that no candidate would make it to the 270 vote minimum, meaning the House gets to chose who they want.
What a mess.
What a mess.
Boss 302
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California has 55 electoral votes; Texas 38, and New York and FLorida each have 29. What's really the difference, especially when you see how many other liberal states have..
Boss 302
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I agree with you. Since the electoral college is based upon the number of congressional districts there are, then the candidate with the most votes received in a district should receive that electoral college vote.