Comments on: Early Morning Swim http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:21:56 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: TarheelDem http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948557 TarheelDem Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:11:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948557 <p>The Real Problem with the Senate - Small State Bias.</p> <p>That’s not a problem; it’s a feature. And one which the Democratic strategists in their “get the big states to minimize campaign costs” non-50-state strategy conceded to the conservative Republicans.</p> <p>If progressives support the progressives in the small states, it is possible to turn this around. But this requires a 50-state strategy, including not writing off Utah, Idaho, the Dakotas, or the Deep South.</p> <p>And then there’s the Inland Empire of California, Texas (outside of Austin and the Valley), Georgia, and North Florida to consider. Folks write off those too. So maybe to fix the problem in the Senate, we need a 435-Congressional District strategy. Every voter must be given the opportunity to decide between the current folks and a progressive candidate. What we lack is the will, the candidate bench, and the ability to finance 435 progressive primary races.</p> The Real Problem with the Senate – Small State Bias.

That’s not a problem; it’s a feature. And one which the Democratic strategists in their “get the big states to minimize campaign costs” non-50-state strategy conceded to the conservative Republicans.

If progressives support the progressives in the small states, it is possible to turn this around. But this requires a 50-state strategy, including not writing off Utah, Idaho, the Dakotas, or the Deep South.

And then there’s the Inland Empire of California, Texas (outside of Austin and the Valley), Georgia, and North Florida to consider. Folks write off those too. So maybe to fix the problem in the Senate, we need a 435-Congressional District strategy. Every voter must be given the opportunity to decide between the current folks and a progressive candidate. What we lack is the will, the candidate bench, and the ability to finance 435 progressive primary races.

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948555 RevBev Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:28:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948555 <p>SD, I am so sorry…things had been looking up with the wt. gain, I thought. Facing a decline or a decision is really hard. My best.</p> <p>Angela says hi and thanks. Please take it easy and let us know what you learn. ;(</p> SD, I am so sorry…things had been looking up with the wt. gain, I thought. Facing a decline or a decision is really hard. My best.

Angela says hi and thanks. Please take it easy and let us know what you learn. ;(

]]> By: SadButTrue http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948553 SadButTrue Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:16:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948553 <p>Re: that video with the harpy Malkin, did you get a load of the expression on Cynthia Tucker’s face while Malkin spoke? Priceless!</p> Re: that video with the harpy Malkin, did you get a load of the expression on Cynthia Tucker’s face while Malkin spoke? Priceless!

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948552 SouthernDragon Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:12:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948552 <p>Say hello to Angela for me. </p> <p>Will be talking to my vet (he’s been off for a week) this week but it looks like we’re losing the battle with Gigi. </p> <p>Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.</p> <p>Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.</p> <p>Namaste</p> Say hello to Angela for me.

Will be talking to my vet (he’s been off for a week) this week but it looks like we’re losing the battle with Gigi.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948550 eCAHNomics Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:59:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948550 <p>Off to read. I’ve been blessed with several good books in a row. Now into Three Cups of Tea, a favorite here, and for good reason.</p> Off to read. I’ve been blessed with several good books in a row. Now into Three Cups of Tea, a favorite here, and for good reason.

]]> By: biffdiggerence http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948549 biffdiggerence Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:59:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948549 <p>A few high school friends ended up as police officers in the local city force. </p> <p>Bulked up on steroids for personal encounters.</p> A few high school friends ended up as police officers in the local city force.

Bulked up on steroids for personal encounters.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948548 eCAHNomics Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:58:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948548 <p>Yes, I overstated the case to avoid getting on the jury.</p> Yes, I overstated the case to avoid getting on the jury.

]]> By: RevBev http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948547 RevBev Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:55:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948547 <p>Does that rise to routine and gratuitous brutality? Still seems like a broad brush to me..that was my point. Let alone, a good way not to be picked for the jury ;))</p> Does that rise to routine and gratuitous brutality? Still seems like a broad brush to me..that was my point. Let alone, a good way not to be picked for the jury ;))

]]> By: biffdiggerence http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948546 biffdiggerence Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:51:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948546 <p>Somehow, the quartering of British troops in colonists’ homes came to mind.</p> <p>Irony in Boston.</p> Somehow, the quartering of British troops in colonists’ homes came to mind.

Irony in Boston.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948545 SanderO Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:50:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/03/early-morning-swim-179/#comment-1948545 <p>If you been a victim of false arrest and then spent the night in the tombs with real criminals and treated as one you would not think of the police the same way.</p> <p>Most of my experiences with police were not positive. And even it were only 20% and it’s more like 75% bad, that would be outrageous to think that 1 in 5 interactions there is abuse of police power.</p> If you been a victim of false arrest and then spent the night in the tombs with real criminals and treated as one you would not think of the police the same way.

Most of my experiences with police were not positive. And even it were only 20% and it’s more like 75% bad, that would be outrageous to think that 1 in 5 interactions there is abuse of police power.

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