Comments on: California GOP Faces Debt, Layoffs, While Rudy Backers Pour Money into Initiative That Could Hand Him the Presidency http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brian Karlak http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/comment-page-1/#comment-425123 Brian Karlak Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:11:54 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/#comment-425123 The key is that this initiative needs to be done nationwide if it is to be fair and effective. If only a handful of states do it, then the results of the election will only become more skewed and unfair. Since Rudy's initiative only affects California, the results on our electoral process would patently unfair. The key is that this initiative needs to be done nationwide if it is to be fair and effective. If only a handful of states do it, then the results of the election will only become more skewed and unfair.

Since Rudy’s initiative only affects California, the results on our electoral process would patently unfair.

]]> By: wingnutjeff http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/comment-page-1/#comment-424352 wingnutjeff Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:56:53 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/#comment-424352 I have no problems with the ballot initiative as long as the rest of the states do the same and we take the voting machines out of the hands of the corporations that contribute heavily republican and have promised to deliver particular states to the republicans. I have no problems with the ballot initiative as long as the rest of the states do the same and we take the voting machines out of the hands of the corporations that contribute heavily republican and have promised to deliver particular states to the republicans.

]]> By: Carl Burton http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/comment-page-1/#comment-424001 Carl Burton Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:30:05 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/11/29/california-gop-bankruptcy-but-rudy-initiative-is-flush/#comment-424001 Funny how the Electoral College reform initiative is painted by Democratic operatives in California as a big Republican conspiracy to steal the presidential election when the Democrats have proposed the same idea in several other states. In 2004, the Democratic Party backed an initiative in Colorado to do exactly what the initiative will do in California (unfortunately Colorado voters turned it down). This year Democrats were attempting something similar in North Carolina until Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean quietly convinced the North Carolina Democrats to stop, saying he “did not want to set a precedent Republicans could use to justify their efforts in California.” Perhaps Doctor Dean sensed that Democrats might gain as many as 7 electoral votes in North Carolina but could lose as many as 22 in California. While we are at it, one of things we need to do is re-examine how the Electoral College votes are apportioned by the census which includes illegal aliens. The question we need to ask ourselves is should illegal aliens be counted in a census to determinable how many Electoral College votes each state is allocated. Funny how the Electoral College reform initiative is painted by Democratic operatives in California as a big Republican conspiracy to steal the presidential election when the Democrats have proposed the same idea in several other states.

In 2004, the Democratic Party backed an initiative in Colorado to do exactly what the initiative will do in California (unfortunately Colorado voters turned it down). This year Democrats were attempting something similar in North Carolina until Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean quietly convinced the North Carolina Democrats to stop, saying he “did not want to set a precedent Republicans could use to justify their efforts in California.” Perhaps Doctor Dean sensed that Democrats might gain as many as 7 electoral votes in North Carolina but could lose as many as 22 in California.

While we are at it, one of things we need to do is re-examine how the Electoral College votes are apportioned by the census which includes illegal aliens. The question we need to ask ourselves is should illegal aliens be counted in a census to determinable how many Electoral College votes each state is allocated.

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