Comments on: A Do-Over? On What Grounds?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:38:38 +0000

Approximately right? Is that anything like truthiness? Wait, what was the big CBS excuse on the Bush National Guard memo? ‘Fake but accurate’, yeah, I remember now…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:56:47 +0000

Uh, obviously 30% is not right. But it’s approximately right.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:56:20 +0000

How is the lesson clear? The winner-take-all system produced a nominee who didn’t win more than 30% in any state until the rest of his competition had surrendered, a nominee who is generally loathed by the base of his own party. In what sense did the winner-take-all system yield an outcome that we should be all that excited about?

By: Clint

Clint — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:25:48 +0000

My new take on all this…

Big winner: the Electoral College System.

Anyone think there will be voices calling for the Electoral College System to be scrapped in favor of a “Proportional Electors” system after this year’s election (as there have been after every presidential election I can remember)? We’ve seen the proportional system run in parallel with a winner-take-all system, and the lesson is clear.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:56:06 +0000

Bay Area. Leaving the stadium after a Giants game is no big deal.

By: Sean P

Sean P — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:21:29 +0000

“Sort of like a baseball team being ahead 7-3 in the eighth inning. Still to early to leave the stadium.”

You obviously aren’t from Southern California, are you?

By: Bob from Ohio

Bob from Ohio — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:35:09 +0000

Dean is at fault because the standard DNC rules, like the RNC ones, call for a 1/2 loss of delegates penalty. Dean got the whole slate yanked instead. Major error in judgment. Impossible to let stand.

If Michigan and Florida just had reduced delegate slates, it would be a non-issue.

By: too many steves

too many steves — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:49:44 +0000

Very interesting. If I can’t have the smoke-filled room then I’ll accept winner-take-all.

By: Chris J. Breisch

Chris J. Breisch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:53:51 +0000

Interesting post on what the delegate counts would be like if the Dems did “winner-take-all” like the Reps:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Mar11.html

By: Chris J. Breisch

Chris J. Breisch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:31:11 +0000

I still think that Michigan will be re-run since Obama wasn’t on the ballot, but that Florida’s delegates will be seated.

I also think that Obama is less ‘unelectable’ than Hillary.