We're Screwed Again by a Lack of Instant Runoffs
We should all be proud of ourselves, because tonight in New Hampshire, the progressive vote of Obama+Edwards+Kucinich constituted about 55% of all votes cast, a clear majority.But at the same time, we...
View ArticleRecounts: They Aren't Just About Fraud
In his latest post, Kos mocks those who called for a recount in New Hampshire as paranoid "morons". But he constructs a strawman by presuming that everyone who called for a recount in New Hampshire...
View ArticleInstant Runoff Voting headed for landslide victory in Santa Fe
With somewhere around 6,000 ballots counted in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it looks like Charter Amendment Number 5 establishing Instant Runoff Voting (called "Ranked Choice Voting" in the amendment) for...
View ArticleFranken Screwed by a Lack of Runoffs
A fundamental principles of democracy is majority rule. That's why it's so great that the Martin/Chambliss race, in which neither candidate passed 50% of the vote, will likely head to a runoff to find...
View ArticleWhy campaign for Sanders if he is going to lose?
There seems to be a false assumption underlying many pro-Clinton diaries. The assumption is that there is no point in campaigning for Sanders, because he won’t win the nomination. Look, I am a big...
View ArticleMore of the same from the Human Rights Campaign.
As we all know, the Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Many Sanders supporters reacted with surprise, citing among other things, Clinton’s support for DOMA, her...
View ArticleTa-Nehisi Coates and Bernie the So-Called "Radical"
Ta-Nehisi Coates has faced criticism this week for singling out Bernie for his opposition to reparations for African Americans, while leaving other reparations opponents, including Clinton and Obama,...
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