Really, it's a return to the 1930s and 40s isolationist GOP on this front. Post-WW2, they did soften it a lot and isolated the virulent strains. But it started creeping up in the late 80s and 90s, and now that that W discredited the neocons, they're so back, baby. Made the GOP 1935 again...

Death of Stalin, only Stalin isn't dead yet. Retirement Home of Stalin.

The policy of the US government right now is that Maduro is an illegitimate bloody dictator (true) and we have to go to war to overthrow him (no we don't) but also we'll blow you up if you try to flee his regime.

Primary elections are bad, actually, and any registered voter should not be allowed to just choose a party's candidates for office.

Ah, but that was womanly, unnatural homosex, not manly, natural heteosex like here.

Wrong. NYC has RCV in primaries, not the GE.

Only 2 voting reforms would "encourage" multi-partyism, fusion voting and proportional representation. Nothing else will do it.

The duality of US automatic ballot line "parties".

No it won't. Ending primary elections would and letting party bosses pick candidates would, in a heartbeat.

This anti-party stuff is why these Senators are giving up. No party can control them, no consequences. We need stronger parties, not even weaker ones.

A Westminster system quote that I can’t attribute: Oppositions don’t win elections, Governments lose them.

I wonder if moving them to the midterm cycle would have passed...

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*

They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.

Duh.

Of course this is just wishful thinking because none of the people who inhabit that space give a damn about higher education anyway. "Tell us about how you used creativity to overcome a professional obstacle!" "Oh, how wonderful! We'd love to make you our new Provost!"

Phenomenon currently valid only in British Columbia and Quebec. And coming soon to Edmonton and Calgary.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tired: non partisan elections

Wired: partisan elections

Inspired: Canadian style local-only partisan elections

Neither did Jesus, to be fair. It comes from a priest's manual for a form of Judaism that hasn't been practiced in nearly 2,000 years.
-- a gay lapsed Catholic