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...system is by no means mathematically perfect, and, like any other system, it can still be manipulated. The system does, however, provide solutions to a variety of problems with our current electoral system. It could prevent low turnout primaries from determining the general election slate of candidates while also not allowing every candidate who files for election a place on the ballot for November elections. If America had instant-runoff, a majority of abolitionists might have elected an abolitionist president in 1844, and a majority of liberals might have elected a liberal president in 2000. The winning candidate of every...
Boston is the penultimate stop on the tour and is being labeled the “Greater Boston Tea Party,” according to the Tea Party Express’ Web site. Top Massachussetts GOP members like Sen. Scott Brown won’t be there to greet Palin, but thousands of other Tea Party members and observers will be. Here’s your chance to see some Tea Partiers up close...
...exactly what made Hansen snap - and why she didn't seek help or pursue other avenues, like putting the boy up for adoption in the U.S. - is still a mystery. Hansen reportedly consulted a psychologist but never took her son in for a session. There's no evidence she sought help from her adoption agency, child-welfare authorities in Tennessee or even the well-regarded International Adoption Clinic at Vanderbilt University in nearby Nashville. The media that have descended on Hansen's home have not gleaned much insight. The boy, whom Hansen renamed Justin, did not attend school...
...launch reworked another familiar phrase, saying, "Yes we can ... make things better without spending more money." Prime Minister Gordon Brown, meanwhile, chose a rural backdrop for Labour's manifesto unveiling on Monday: a sunlit cornfield, the grain undulating in a virtual breeze. Britain? This looked more like Oklahoma. (See pictures of the U.K. election campaign...
...Tories, that includes MyConseratives, a website that is intended, like Obama for America (now Organizing for America), to empower supporters by giving them the contacts and tools to campaign on their own. The two major parties were so impressed by Obama's campaign that they have even secured the consultancy services of former members of his team. Anita Dunn, who served as senior adviser and chief communications officer to the campaign, and her colleague Bill Knapp, a former media strategist for Obama, have been retained by the Tories. Labour has brought in Joel Benenson, lead pollster and senior strategist...