Oh No, The New Awesome Primary Thread

Tanypteryx writes: Is the population ratio to number of representatives fixed in the Constitution as it is today (about 758k per Rep)? We could double the number of Representatives by halving the the population ratio down to 376k, increasing the districts (which may have a side effect of ameliorating the gerrymandering badness). This would cut the power of Wyoming's 2 senators for it's Electoral College count in half.Kinda like the NRA arguing for more guns, I suppose, because we'd get 435 more Congress persons.Would this require an amendment to the Constitution?

I want Bernie Sanders to pick Willie Nelson as a running mate.

we need the redneck vote.

Actually I believe this was done on purpose. A few years ago a basketball player was being interviewed (or maybe a football player?) and was asked about why he was so good from both sides. He looked straight at the camera grinning and said "Because I'm amphibious!" This was ricocheted around the sports world and after the initial laughter died down became a meme similar to "pwned". Note the second paragraph spells it right.In 1995 the Red Sox had a pitcher, Greg Harris, who was begging the manager to let him pitch from both sides. Never was allowed to, then traded to the Montreal farm system, where he did get a few minor league innings before ending his career.I was astonished to learn that the baseball rules already had in place the restrictions for what to do when a switchhitter faces a switch pitcher. I was listening to this game when Blake Swihart, the rookie switchhitting catcher came up against Venditte. Venditte has a 6-fingered glove. The Rule states that the pitcher has to tell first which arm he will use for the entire At Bat (unless the batter is unable to complete the At Bat and is replaced during the At Bat by another).Pat signaled he would pitch righty and Swihart batted lefty, making an out. After years & years of pondering this question, I finally got to observe it in my lifetime. Way back in the early 60's or maybe the late 50's our scout troop went to Tiger Stadium and we all got to ask a major leaguer 1 question. I was in pitcher Phil Regan's row and asked him if he'd ever heard of a switchpitcher. He said that there was one he'd heard of in the minors, but none had major league level. So there you are.

Golden adds in: Now there might be a reason to be "amphibious".

mikechell opines: This is a LIE. Sorry. What they don't do is get any return on their taxes.

Faith ends with Thank you.

RAZD writes: are you sure that was right? I saw 13 and 9, not 24 and 9. There were 8 suprdelegates of which 6 were already committed to Hillary. At that time the 2 undecided could have gone either way, making it anywhere from 15-15 to 13-17.???And then today RCP has this different count:realclearpolitics.comEdited by xongsmith, : Another country heard from

RAZD writes: And I think they justified it by arguing that the superdelegates got to be so by virtue of past election support - a sort of delayed will of the people, so to speak.Certainly the DNC establishment didn't want any more McGoverns (despite him being the 1st major party candidate I ever actually voted FOR as opposed to AGAINST) since he lost so badly to the CROOK. I can still see the cartoon, in H.S.Thompson's Fear & Loathing On the Campaign Trail, of McGovern's fist exploding through the establishment background.But that didn't stop Dukakis' & Mondale's epic fails. Perhaps - nay, most certainly! - the attempt to slow down emotional fervor in the primaries was implemented very badly.

It is not even simple to answer. The 2 parties do it differently!RealClearPolitics has a breakdown: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/...ican_delegate_count.htmlStrange superdelegate rules in the footnotes. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/...atic_delegate_count.htmlWhat is the difference between semi-open and semi-closed? Partly sunny versus partly cloudy?

Faith blurts out: ...maybe against the wishes of a minority of the people. The majority supports it.Changing Attitudes on Same-Sex Marriage | Pew Research Center

Faith rites: Do you mean like, say, a waiting period of 18-24 months? Like what is already in place today?

Lammy was thinking momentarily that: No he isn't. Ralphie thought there was no significant difference between Gore & Bush, whereas Bernie has pledged to do everything he can to defeat Trump and defeat him badly. Bernie most certainly abhorrent of being the next Nader....

What if Hillary picks Rep. John Lewis, aged 76, to be her running mate?

Lammy writes: Actually it has been shown that Nader was not the one who cost Gore the election. Truth be told: it was Gore himself, with his lousy campaigning.