David Brewster Valuable survey of electoral blocs in this election by Michael Barone. A sample of the close-grained look: “Certain demographic groups resisted Trump’s appeal: Mormons, Dutch-Americans in northwest and central Iowa and western Michigan, German- and Scandinavian-Americans in Wi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
August 10th, 2016 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
How Gerrymandering can destroy Democracy ..and maybe hurt the GOP
The Republicans’ big gerrymander could backfire in a major way Meet the “dummymander.” WASHINGTONPOST.COM[...]
August 3rd, 2016 - 8:14 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Add another Republican defector jumping the Trump ship
Meg Whitman: I’m voting for Hillary Clinton Hewlett-Packard executive and former GOP candidate for governor Meg Whitman endorsing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and calling Donald Trump, a person who has “exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.” As a proud Rep[...]
August 2nd, 2016 - 8:53 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Donald Trump “is unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country,” Republican Congressman
Richard Hanna Becomes First Republican Congressman To Say He’ll Vote For Hillary Clinton Retiring Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday announced he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November because Donald Trump is “unfit to serve our party and cannot lead this country.” The three-term congre[...]
August 2nd, 2016 - 8:24 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Spineless Republicans
AUGUST 2, 2016 Just when it seems that Donald Trump could not display more ignorance and bad judgment or less of a moral compass, he comes up with another ignominy or two. This weekend he denigrated the parents of a fallen American military hero and suggested that if elected he might recognize Russi[...]
June 5th, 2016 - 10:11 am § in Misc.
St. Reagan? 12 years since his death
It is now 2 years after the first decade of mourning for Reagan the Great’s death. Gallup says he is ranked as the greatest American President. Perhaps this would be a good time to look for miracles? Reagan’s baptism as a Disciple of Christ religion ought not be an issue. The rules [...]
May 13th, 2016 - 1:40 am § in Misc.
Past Republican Candidates: Eldridge Cleaver
Cleaver was later baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on December 11, 1983, periodically attended regular services, lectured by invitation at LDS gatherings, and was a member of the church in good standing at the time of his death in 1998. By the 1980s, Cleave[...]
Open Elections For Political Parties Can Not Work in America
The problem here is the American idea of what a political party is. To function as a party, the D or the R needs to be a party. A party needs a structure, ti needs leaders. Those leaders need ot be chosen by some mechanism. Usually that means D or R politicians who get elected also get to[...]