Politics Nov. 2022 voting and election news

They do it because the DNC and RNC require it. And they require it from that specific list of donors. They refuse to support your policies or place you on committees otherwise. They torpedo your career even if you were able to raise enough to effectively campaign you'll never get anything done so you'll never get a second term.

So immediately all representatives owe favors to all of the special interests.

Yes, the politicians themselves may start out as fine people with fine goals, but the system is set up so they are tied to whatever policy party leadership chooses. So People who actually want to get something done are run out or corrupted.

 

Well they will disband the January 6th commission.

 

Not to mention voting against investigating a coup attempt.

 

No, the DNC and RNC could hire people to do that. They could let the candidates raise their own money from their own sources.

What they are doing is absolutely nefarious. It's a power move and it ensures we don't get the best candidates.

 

One of my favorites, Katie Porter, was re- elected. She is in a swing district and Republicans spent a fortune trying to unseat her.

 

One thing Republicans in Congress are not interested in investigating. They said Trump taking classified documents home isn't a matter of interest. Not like Hunter Biden's laptop which might have something on it.

 

Might have pictures of Hunter doing hookers and blow. Vital national security risks like that...

 

Joy Reid did a segment on how Republicans captured the house.

Florida, Alabama and Louisiana all redrew their congressional maps to eliminate a majority Black, heavily Democratic, district. The DeSantis appointed Florida supreme court and Trump appointed US supreme court all said taking away Black people's representation was just fine.
Ohio also eliminated a similar district. When state supreme court said it was illegal, Republican controlled legislature said tough shit and kept the map.
That's four seats.

Yes, Democrats in upstate New York screwed up badly. Fatal mistake in politics (and in sports) is assume it's won before votes are counted (or final buzzer, last out, etc.)

But it's not that a majority wants to investigate Hunter Biden and cut Social Security and Medicare. They made sure they don't need a majority.

 

Oregon's 5th district didn't help. Kurt Schrader was to much of a moderate so they voted him out for the extreme candidate, who then lost. If they had run Schrader, he most likely wins.

 

Oh I know her. She puts people on blast and I like it.

 

Sorry for the delay. Had 8 games this weekend.

I've listened to several interviews from congress etc. Here is a summary of one with the link to an interview:

Again, I've heard several interviews, I feel like skullduggery had one, freakonomics had one, and I feel like there were a few others I can't remember. But this isn't something that is widely reported on, for obvious reasons.

 

I don't believe they are instructed not to fundraise from others, but they are definitely given a list that they will fundraise from. And it takes 1/2 to 3/4 of their time just to address that list.

And all the funding they could need is on the list. So why would they spend more time fundraising?

 

Unfortunately supremacist court and Congress itself killed campaign finance reform. Some countries have publicly financed election. Each candidate gets equal amount. So they don't spend all their time fundraising and don't have wealthy buying elections. But court ruled money is speech and limiting dark money is violation of rich people and corporate free speech.

 

Yes, of course they would kill reform. Our current congress is built of people who like this system. It works very well for them and their goals.