Electoral Change

I thought about writing about this a couple of weeks ago when I first heard about it. Republicans are at it again. They see they can’t win by getting people to vote for them because they have the wrong message. They can’t suppress the minority vote, it just made more of us get out and vote. So now they are trying to change the Electoral Vote allocation in some of the swing states that are currently under Republican control. If you haven’t heard about it Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and I think Florida. All of these are states that President O’bama won but if they change the vote allocation to the way Republicans would want then Romney would have been President today even though President O’bama got almost 5 million more votes. They want to change from winner take all for the state, to winner of the congressional district. Republicans tried to slip this by the voters but a few people noticed and it finally got picked up by the main stream media. Virginia was all set for the Governor to sign it into law after sneaking it through while one of their members was at the President’s Inauguration. I believe he would have signed it into law if the media had not found out about it. Michigan is getting ready to do the same thing and if history is an indicator, they will pass it. Michigan doesn’t care what the people think. They ignored a court order to stop using the emergency order because they didn’t have the numbers but they continued. Michigan lawmakers don’t care what anyone says or thinks they just do it. I believe they may be the test case for the Republican Party. If Michigan passes this into law without too much coverage and fuss from the media then the other states will try to follow. Keep an eye out for Rep. Pete Lund in Michigan. He is the guy that says he will introduce the bill and try to get it passed. He says it will make the elections more reflective of what the people really want. Another way to say it is that the urban vote has too much say in the elections and this is the only way they can stop them.

The problem for the Republican Party is their base also known as The Tea Party. When the Tea party first came out in opposition to President O’bama they made a lot of noise and Fox (Not) News hitched their wagon to them. This was before they found out how toxic and batshit crazy they would be. Republicans are stuck with them now that they have been given a name and a voice. The Tea Party is the reason Republicans have had to move so far to the right during their Primary Elections. They have moved them so far to the right that they cannot move back to the center in time for the General Elections. The group they once had on their shoulders cheering them on is now choking the party to death.

Republicans today are saying the President is trying to kill the Republican Party. They should finish that statement with “we don’t need his help.” They are doing all they can to end it on their own. They are driving women and the elderly out. They got rid of black people a long time ago. Now it looks like they want most minorities out. I don’t think they can make it with just white dudes but it looks like they are gonna give it a try. I don’t want them to die off because I think we need more than one party but if they go someone else will come along and take their place. These guys are learning that you can’t keep screwing people and just saying “it’s not me” and think people will continue to believe you. Some of us will vote against you.

Now that Republicans are being seen as who they really are and they are unable to change their message, because of the Tea Party, they want to change the rules. If they are allowed to get away with this it will just be the beginning.