Our president introduced legislation in 2001 that would have brought back the use of 3-seated cumulative voting state representative elections in Illinois. These election rules were used from 1870-1980 and made Illinois politics more dynamic and inclusive. This fact could be used to make President Obama endorse Strategic Election Reform. God knows that a lot of Democratic party activists are mad at him right now! If they need to accept his pragmatic compromises then he's ought to appease us by using his bully-pulpit to push for more radical electoral reform in state representative elections.
dlw
Dec 7, 2010
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Great article!! I wish this had come out prior to the '08 election.
And yes, democrats are very upset with Obama especially in the congress. He seems to fail in leadership which is a bad sign of the times to come nxt yr.
Along these lines, just read a new book that I'll be giving out this holiday cause it's Americans actually taking a stand against tyranny. I recommend it.
www.booksbyoliver.com
My reading of websites is that even Obama's staff is 'concerned' about Obama's leadership skills & inability to lead the country.
Again, good article! Thanks.
Please, send links of it to others!
I agree that Obama seems over-prone to compromise in ways that make him not get enough in return when he does compromise...
dlw
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