Claim Democracy: On Common Ground
(No Ratings Yet)If you were to ask Grover Norquist, Spencer Overton, David Keating, and Hendrik Hertzberg what values they shared in common, you might be shocked. Grover after all, is the man who is fighting for his right to “drown the federal government in a bathtub”. The left vs right divide does not get any more drastic.
Nevertheless, when it comes to partisan free issues, these candidates found that there was a lot of common ground they could share.
Transparency. They all emphatically agreed that some form of ReadTheBill ought to be passed This would mandate that all bills be made available online and to the public for a mandatory period ranging from 3 to 7 days, before Congress votes to approve it. It seems that everyone agrees that lawmakers should be more responsive to people.
Election reform. Ostensibly, they all agreed that some form of reform out to occur to give the citizens (and by that they all meant citizens groups) more power in government. Generally, they were receptive to instant run-off voting and reexamining single member districts.
Great Quotable
Grover “when there is bipartisanship in a legislature it means they are acting in their class interest as rulers” and “banding together to mug us”.
Hertzberg “most Americans live in areas where their vote is not going to make a difference”. “the electoral college is the death of politics”. “35 states aren’t competitive in the presidential contest”. “40 of our 435 Congressional seats are not competitive”.
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