This is America, right? Every vote counts. Well, thanks to the magic of gerrymandering,it turns out some votes count more than others. Gerrymandering is the process of drawing political boundaries to favor one’s own party. Every 10 years, political redistricting occurs – new boundaries are drawn. Within most states, the process is regulated by the [...]
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GOP Uses Voter Suppression in 2012 Election
By Gary Patton on November 20, 2012 in
Tags: 2012 election, early voting, photo IDs, voter suppression
Raking leaves relaxes the mind and soothes the body after a hectic political campaign. But I can’t quite get the election out of my head. Something’s still bothering me. Even in politics, there is an unwritten code of ethics governing at least few things. Even in the most vile, dirty, roll-in-the-gutter campaigns, candidates refrain from [...]
a leading NH Republican can’t even read a simple sign correctly
Here is a small sign of the insanity of todays's GOP. Well, actually, it involves a picture of a pretty big sign, which someone named Jim Merrill has massively misconstrued. He issued a tweet on Twitter which reads: @JiMMerillNHA sign of the Obama economy today less than a mile from his event. $4 per gallon [...]
Sununu: The Hispanics are more entrepreneurial than Americans
By Vis Unita Fortior on August 29, 2012 in
Tags: 2012, 2012 election, 2012 election campaign, 2012 elections, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Presidential Race, David Gregory, John Dad Sununu, John H Sununu, John Sununu, John Sununu Sr, Mitt Romney John Sununu, Mitt Romney surrogate, Papa Sununu, Sununu, Sununu Sr
How generous of him to describe The Hispanics in such a favorable light. Look, the Party understands that long-term we’ve got to continue what has been a long effort to reach minority groups like the Hispanics. And the Hispanics are very entrepreneurial, and to their credit they probably have a better record of being entrepreneurs [...]
Wisconsin — Parity is Back
With the recalls concluded one blogger sees Wisconsin returning to a 50/50 state. I recommend the entire article. If there’s one signal Wisconsin voters have sent in two tumultuous 2011 elections, it’s that parity is back. After a Democratic blow-out in 2008 and a Republican blow-out in 2010, we’re looking at a different electorate in [...]
Let’s Get to Work
By rames14779 on August 2, 2011 in
Tags: "Tea Party", 2012 election, debt deal, Obama accomplishments
I regret that some commentators posting on BlueHampshire (see, e.g., “How Will Obama Sell Us Out in 2013?”) see Obama in a negative light. My view is quite different. First, I am grateful that Obama is President and think this country is extraordinarily fortunate to have him as its leader. Among other great strengths, Obama [...]
Debt Deal
Ezra Klein: And that gets to the truth of this deal, and perhaps of Washington in this age: it’s all about lowest-common denominator lawmaking. There are no taxes. No entitlement cuts. No stimulus. No infrastructure. Less in actual, specific deficit reduction than there was in the Simpson-Bowles, Ryan, or Obama plans, and even than there [...]