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Seats so they could then control the state legislature, so they could then change the districts consistent with the bulk gerrymandering scheme. And the result is states like senator browns where, when he was reelected, he was on the ballot with president obama who was also reelected, and the majority of the votes cast in his state for members of congress were cast for democrats, and against that background, many more republicans than democrats actually went to congress in that election. A similar thing happened in pennsylvania, and my recollection is that on the same set of facts, senator casey, the democrat reelected, president obama reelected, and a majority of pennsylvania votes cast for democratic members of congress, the delegation was 13 republicans and five democrats. Somebody is messing around and it was a 54 Republican Supreme Court that opened that can of worms and unleashed red map on the political landscape. ....
Political influence of blacks and hopes that will bring social economic benefits. They will flow national. Elect more black officials these other benefits will flow national. Thats really been a key strategy of the civil rights leadership. Particular since the 1960s in the wake of the passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and voting rightsing a of 1965. They made an effort to elect more black officials. I thought that the Obama Presidency was really the culmination of this effort. Everyday of the Obama Presidency it will be a good time to assess that strategy. Host what as far as the gains made or not made, how would you square that out . What would you say in either category . Guest i dont think it panned out the way the architects of this strategy hoped. Thats not necessarily due to obama policies. The book partial ....
We know the country has extreme regional imbalances, but what accounts for excess mortality among prime age northern adults . More and more people coming into the hospital with alcohol related liver injury and illness and actually, you know, in more and more desperate states. They have probably got nothing to live for and alcohol is an easy way out, an anaesthetic. Well ask if this is a health issue or a National Failure to deal with inequality between North And South. President trump ramps up the rhetoric on north korea. They will be met with fire and few are, like the world has never seen. Is he making us safer or not . Were in amiens, in northern france, birthplace of president macron, to hear how he finds out whether faith in his leadership is failing. After an extroadinary campaign, which entirely new political scheme was deployed, president macron must now deliver. A ....