It’s the ideal CZ-style move – and the people of California have apparently passed Proposition 14, which would radically change elections in the nation’s biggest state, and its trend-setting bellweather, to boot.
Though Prop. 14 will likely be challenged by a cadre of attorneys, much like Props 215 and 187 were tied up in court. But the inspiration is undeniable. Essentially, this new law, if it sticks, will allow an open primary between members of all parties, with the top two vote getters getting to face off in the general election.
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Proposed Obama bailout of state, local govts. only prolongs the pain
A young Pat B., circa 1968. He would probably go postal if he saw the world as it is today - and in your heart you know he's right because he has the numbers to back it up.
Pat Buchanan was devastatingly prescient on immigration changing the fabric of our culture and country, and the savage impacts of NAFTA (Pat’s segment starts around the one-minute mark). On the informal CZ scale of “People everyone seems to dislike while they haven’t read a Dayam Thing He’s Actually Written,” Buchanan is probably #1, with the possible of Ann Coulter — but only because Ann has a bigger penis.
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