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RockStrongo Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 2:11 PM

While these GOP efforts are focused primarily on reducing the vote among members of Democratic leaning groups, such as students, African Americans, the poor, and Latinos, the undermining of democracy being carried out by the GOP affects us all by weakening the fundamental core of our political system. It is up to all of us to fight back by protesting against the restrictive laws that the GOP is trying to pass, helping register voters, and making sure that everyone who wants to vote on election day is able to comply with whatever hurdles the GOP is able to put up.

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puravida_gringo Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 2:15 PM

So, you hate the Constitution, I see. That speaks volumes about what your belief system is.

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RockStrongo Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 2:11 PM

It's perfectly understandable why the Tea Party phonies and the far right Republican Party want to limit the franchise. They believe in the original intent of the Constitution. They would be perfectly happy to go back to 1789 when only free white men who owned property (including other human beings) could vote.

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Analysis: Four More Years

A few stray thoughts and observations in the aftermath of the 2012 election -- on substance, process, and tactics:

(1) The polls were broadly right, both at the state and national levels -- a dichotomy that I believed to be unlikely in the extreme as recently as yesterday morning. The electorate ended up being D+6, nearly on par with 2008, and six points better than the 2010 midterms. I was wrong about this, as were a good number of other observers. The 2012 party ID figures from Gallup and Rasmussen upon which my assumptions were based were...

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