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Re: Here's some CNN brilliance...
Dec 18, 2018, 10:15 AM
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I agree with him.
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Figures......***
Dec 18, 2018, 11:53 AM
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Re: Figures......***
Dec 18, 2018, 11:59 AM
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Definitely. I agree with brilliant people like Fareed Zakaria most of the time.
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This kind of crap disappoints me to no end.
Dec 18, 2018, 10:28 AM
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As a history and political science major in college, this kind of absolute ignorance is just stunning.
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Agreed. This is just stupid***
Dec 18, 2018, 10:40 AM
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Agree or disagree with him....but it's not an unreasonable..
Dec 18, 2018, 10:31 AM
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point, is it?
When the Senate was established, there were population differences among the states, but not to the degree there is now.
When the 13 states were formed, Virginia was the largest with about 20% of population and Vermont, Maine, Delaware, and Georgia were the smallest with about 2% of population. The median population % was 5% of the total.
I'm federalist in nature, so I don't there has to be a population balance versus seat in the Senate, but I do understood the point of view of those who do.
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its more than population though. are the states sovereig or
Dec 18, 2018, 12:05 PM
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not. For these liberals, states are mere subdivisions like counties etc....
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It's also an opportunistic argument
Dec 18, 2018, 12:18 PM
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They wouldn't be worried about if they were in control of the Senate.
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yep***
Dec 18, 2018, 1:10 PM
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From one state, Virginia, that provided numerous founders
Dec 18, 2018, 11:24 PM
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and a whopping 20% of the entire nation at the time, compared to those 4 that had only 10% each of their population, I suspect they considered full well the respect for the very large being balanced by the small when it came to delegating weight to the Senate.
Electoral and Senate math hasn't always gone my way but there's a sublime sense to the matter when it comes to balancing density versus the great wide open. A bit of check and balance at play there also. Those old guys did all right.
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I didn’t read the article but I’m making a guess that a
Dec 18, 2018, 10:38 AM
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CNN commentator doesn’t say that if the higher population state was the conservative one. Then it’d be all “thank goodness for the wisdom and forethought of the founders.”
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I agree that it is a problem.***
Dec 18, 2018, 11:15 AM
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are states sovereign in your world view?***
Dec 18, 2018, 12:03 PM
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to some degree, but not entirely.***
Dec 18, 2018, 12:35 PM
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Re: Here's some CNN brilliance...
Dec 18, 2018, 11:29 AM
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he would like a "[less] perfect union"***
Dec 18, 2018, 12:02 PM
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