Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus may be on board with his party's radical electoral-vote scheme, but one of his high-profile predecessors is not. Haley Barbour told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell he "would not be for" such a plan.
It's worth noting, however, that Barbour, the former Mississippi governor and former RNC chair, added that "it's wrong to say there's a big Republican conspiracy to try to change this."
I don't think anyone's accused the party of a conspiracy, necessarily. We're simply dealing with a situation in which Republicans have identified more than half of the nation's swing states, where they will try to rig the electoral-vote distribution process, so that the Republican candidate will win, even if American voters choose the Democratic candidate. All of this is happening with the blessing of the elected chair of the national Republican Party.
Who said anything about a "conspiracy"? As best as I can tell, the GOP is trying to disenfranchise millions of Americans right out in the open.
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Hey Haley - no conspiracy my A$$! Just look around at the agents of your own party and tell me again in a straight face they are not dodging substantive policy debate to focus on working the refs!
Yeah, tell me again Haley and I won't believe you yet again! The Republican party of big ideas is no more! Now it's the party of the Big Fix! -Kevo
In his defense he is never late for dinner .
Yeah right. I have some land on the Moon I am selling. If the RWNJ's are now waging a war on Twitter of all places against Liberals (blocking and spamming their accounts), they obviously are doing more in the Government portion of this group.
Next...
Am I the only one tired of all of the "we have to change" and then they do the same thing again... and again... and........................................................
"I calls 'em as I sees 'em."
Of course he called it a conspiracy, because that is what he saw.
Reverend Barbour apparently missed the fact that nobody called it a "conspiracy." Or at least, nobody until Barbour did.
Freudian slip?
If you count Hilary complaining about its vastness , there has been one memorable comment about the right wings purloining of policy palaver . Through an endless preemption with chained agreements spoken and un . The promise contracts to not employ the American government in solving American issues . Keeping the American dream between tight white lines .
As a conspiracy it is right out in the open , from Reagan's campaign kick off in Mississippi , the defense of marriage act (!) , gunsights on opponents images , forced racial profiling in Arizona as the immigration model .
No secrets , doncha ya know ?
The only question is whether you can call it a conspiracy if it's no secret.
"Whaa of co'ase they'is no CONspeerahsee yeah deah... it's woood be wrong, simply wrong ta say thay'ahs a big'ol Republican conspeerahsee ta try ta change this." said the venerable Senator Foghorn... Don't need no conspeerahsee... jist need... oh.. fahve or six'a them Conservative states... that'd doit...
Now wh'as the chance a'that? heh heh...
I don't know this to be a fact; however, I will bet that it is ALEC that is behind
this movement.
I think it all depends on what the definition of "what a conspiracy is" is
and can it be prosecuted under a RICO statute
DEMS are obviously scared to the point that their teeth are coming loose!!! 3 articles in a row about the electoral college? Come on!
DEMS are obviously terrified about this potential electoral college change, given the 3 articles on this blog dedicated to this tonight.
What's wrong with what both Maine (liberal state) and Nebraska (conservative state) have decided to do with their electoral vote makeup?
The fear for the DEMS seems to be that they won't be able to take CA and NY as "winner-take-all" states anymore.
REPS are obviously terrified that their voter suppression tactics didn't work and know their only chance is to rig electoral votes in their favor.
One of the reasons why the Electoral College has remained in effect for all of these years is because it is assumed that all of the swing states benefit so greatly from the attention and advertising dollars, that no politician from these states would advocate eliminating it. However, if the state republicans are willing to sacrifice the attention and money that comes from these contests, then they can not logically oppose shifting to a popular vote, at least not on those grounds. This could be a unique opportunity to push for the elimination of the Electoral College. Now may be the time to demand a Federal response to the question, "Why aren't we allowed to elect our president directly?" Sign the petition at:
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Spread the word. Let's make this the first petition to hit the new threshold of 100k signatures. Thank You.
Oy, I wouldn't trust these Republicans as far as I could throw them ... and I couldn't throw Haley Barbour very far!
swing states benefit so greatly from the attention and advertising dollars, that no politician from these states would advocate eliminating it. However, if the state republicans are willing to sohbet sacrifice the attention and money that comes from these contests, then they can not logically oppose shifting to a popular vote, at least not on those