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In response to "Nancy Pelosi predicts Democratic-controlled Senate, House and White House in 2016. -- (link)" by Strongbad

I can see the WH and Senate, but the House has to many gerrymandered districts to have that much change -- nm

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Oct 2 '14, 11:42

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Let's pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting that. - Strongbad Oct 2, 11:52 16
- You mean something like this? -- (link) - Was Bar Was Oct 2, 11:59 2
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:01 1
    - Ha. Check out Colorado. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:02
- I not only support that but something much larger. We need a factor of 100 times as many congressional representatives. - David Oct 2, 11:55 11
  - I don't know about 100x, but I'd be all in favor of at least 10x. -- nm - Ender Oct 2, 12:00
  - There's not enough chairs and desks in the House. - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:00 2
    - That's definitely the most often cited rebuttal to the argument I've seen. -- nm - Ender Oct 2, 12:01
    - It would look like the Galactic Senate. :) -- nm - Was Bar Was Oct 2, 12:01
  - I don't know about 100, but you have less than twice as many House reps as us and 9x the population. -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 11:58
  - I would support that. Throw in term limits too. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 11:57 5
    - We already have term limits. They are January 3rd on either the 2nd or 6th year of a term. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:01 4
      - No we don't. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:02 3
        
        Failing to vote out the pinheads isn't an excuse. It's not tenure. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:05 2
        
        We have term limits for President... but not the Legislative branch? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 2, 12:07 1
        
        We can debate the validity of that, but the power of 1 person vs the power of 435 people is far more unbalanced. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 12:09
- Pointing out that gerrymandering has its benefits is definitely a "what have you done for me lately" kind of situation -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 11:54
what was it? GOP got 49% of the votes, but 55% of the seats in the House? yeah, that'll be a bitch to overcome. -- nm - znufrii Oct 2, 11:50 1
- Numbers like this don't surprise me, due to the urban/rural nature of both parties. - Strongbad Oct 2, 11:56
I'm more worried about our joke of a representative government than I am about ebola -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 11:48

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