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January 23, 2013
Jamelle Bouie
Rather than change their ideas, the GOP is considering a plan to change the rules to win elections.
If Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and other states had gone in a different direction on November 7th, yesterday would have been the first day of President Mitt Romneys term, and Republicans would have been on the road to repealing Obamacare, approving the Keystone pipeline, sanctioning China, and implementing the Ryan plan.
As it stands, the combination of changing demographics and a good-enough economy gave President Obama a solid win, and another four years in the White House.
For some Republicans, this defeat is an opportunity to reevaluate the partys message and better appeal to key demographics like Latinos and women. Others have taken a different approach. Instead of changing their posture or reevaluating their policies, these Republicans are making a push to change the rules, so they can have their cake (win the next election) and eat it too (keep their Tea Party policies).
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This would take the existing malapportionment of our political systemrural states have more representation relative to their populationsand amplify it by an incredible extent. A state like Pennsylvania would move from reliably Democratic to solidly Republican, since the majority of voters are packed into a small number of urban congressional districts. Its a full-scale assault on the principle of one person, one vote.
http://prospect.org/article/republicans-are-seriously-considering-plan-rig-electoral-system
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)This should be HUGE news. They want to change the way the United States selects a President. The GOP essentially wants to dilute the voting power of African Americans and give it to rural whites.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Oh wait. I forgot who I was talking about.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)They are feverishly plotting how to put it into effect with the least amount of notice....
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)for the Republican party in each state are east to find online. Please write. Bags of mail to speak. We must let them know they cannot hide. We cannot let this happen. We can work together and prevent this travesty. We want to remain a democracy!!
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)If/when it succeeds, what they're doing in PA and elsewhere will be moot. Until then, vigilance and speaking out are necessary.