tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post2084415846858036600..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Romney's Anti-Latino Rhetoric Renders Him Actually UnelectableDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-81233552417643618842011-12-29T12:12:48.436-08:002011-12-29T12:12:48.436-08:00The Electoral College is a catastrophe. And since ...The Electoral College is a catastrophe. And since we are not just electing "representatives" but "Administrations" (a term that implies a basic capacity to accomplish the basic work of establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing defense, promoting general welfare) the post-American Parliamentary systems have a lot on us. I think it would be better if every four years in electing an Executive Ticket we voted in not only a President and Vice-President of a party with a clear platform clearly contrasted with alternatives and with a real mandate, but also the Speaker of the House and with the Vice-President functioning not just as the occasional tie-breaker but as the Senate's Majority Leader. In moments of divided government when the Executive presided over majorities of other parties, the majority would have the power to force real compromises on the Administration but not abuse grind the people's business to a halt. In a mass media environment, our present system invites dysfunction -- and gets it.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-59632231263507239742011-12-29T08:36:32.802-08:002011-12-29T08:36:32.802-08:00The useful idiots in the GOP base are now the GOPs...The useful idiots in the GOP base are now the GOPs own worst enemy. <br /><br />Good luck taking control of both houses though. I used to think that America had the best designed Democracy on paper. Not anymore.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.com