On 1/17/2017 4:16 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2017-01-17 08:45 AM (-4), Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> On 1/16/2017 1:44 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>>> Fortunately, at the state level, there exist politicians in both
>>> parties who are
>>> taking action to ditch this system.  Five states have formally called
>>> for a new
>>> constitutional convention.  (If you're unaware of this activity, it
>>> might be
>>> because those who might otherwise report it just happen to be the
>>> recipients of
>>> the ad revenue from all those private campaign finances.)
>>>
>> True, and there is hope in that, but.. its going to be the public that
>> push for this, not the politicians. [...]
>
> True.  It wasn't of the politicians' initiative to call for a
> constitutional convention; it was grassroots activists calling them up
> and saying, "Y'know, we've got a better idea for you than spending all
> your waking hours (while not in session) on the phone groveling for money."
>

Republicans' actions make sense if you keep in mind that they are acting 
*for themselves* (ethnically, for the most part) and not their 
neighbors; and Democrats--including Obama--have this bad habit of 
assuming their opponents are acting in good faith, when in fact this is 
not the case.

Also, liberals simply have less power in the US--despite winning the 
popular vote in several recent elections--so they spend a lot of time 
spinning their wheels and not getting any real traction behind their 
initiatives. They have become a perpetual lame duck party.

Mike

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