Try to passntons healthcare reform, the complaint was that they had handed the law down on high, and they had ignored the prerogatives of congress, and so the approach this time was different. Framework, a bipartisan framework, largely because it had been built on the republicanrom the alternative to hillary care, and they thought that if the details were worked out, they would be able to do something in a bipartisan way than if it were a president handing things down from on high. Theink they underestimated degree of resolve on the part of republicans. Republicans came out scorched earth against the stimulus at a time when the economy was in freefall. I mean, this was the bill to prevent us from going into a depression, and not only was it the bill to keep us from going into a repression, it was part infrastructure spending, which is what democrats wanted, but also more than one third tax cuts, which is what republicans wanted. I look back on the bush era, and i do not remember gettin
Out in me, but they got more 67 that even more republican independent of redistricting. Thatd to be a big believer redistricting reform was the answer. I still believe its part of the answer. I think a majority of the andrization comes from it it has compounded that effect by continuing to eliminate seats where voices in the middle really cannot prevail or have an to vote a certain way in congress. Third of all, i think we need to talk about the decline in split ticket voting we are seeing across the country the cousin used to be that if you had a member of congress or a candidate who had a background that was totally flawed, they would usually run under the top of the ticket. What do we see in 2012 . There is a candidate in tennessee, an incumbent to basically admitted to having relationships with patients while he was a doctor and trying to convince one to have an abortion. Old system, maybe 10 or 20 years ago, i think you probably would have won 10 or 15 points below the ticket. He
Kathleen Reed passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Terre Haute Tribune Star on 2023-12-07.
Kathryn M. Leaman (Kay) died November 20, 2023, in Minneapolis, MN where she had lived close to her daughter and son-in-law and grandchildren since 2014. Kay was born on the