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2016 Postmortem

sarisataka

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9. Why didn't we start an Amendment

Reply to DanTex (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 11:09 PM

Dec 2016

after 2008 when we could have at least forced a debate, even if we couldn't guarantee getting it out of Congress to the states?

An open public debate would likely wake up even many Republican voters when they find out their votes for President are actually meaningless.

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Seriously folks, [View all] sarisataka Dec 2016 OP

K and r. nt cwydro Dec 2016 #1

A little research confirmed my memory... sarisataka Dec 2016 #2

People forget how much power the States had early on. Called the "United States" for a reason. jmg257 Dec 2016 #3

It is forgotten that in addition to one person, one vote sarisataka Dec 2016 #4

I believe it was even more restrictive than white males BigBadDem Dec 2016 #6

Isn't this what is mostly going on? NCTraveler Dec 2016 #5

No, what is going on is sarisataka Dec 2016 #8

I haven't seen an argument against this being made. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #11

It's not "whining". The EC is dumb and undemocratic. DanTex Dec 2016 #7

Why didn't we start an Amendment sarisataka Dec 2016 #9

Probably because it would have gone nowhere, and Obama wanted to get ACA passed. DanTex Dec 2016 #10