Comments on: Independent’s Day: Gerrymandering Again?

By: LPS4DL

LPS4DL — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:02:01 +0000

It’s just another desperate measure taken by the desperate Republicans trying to hold on a little longer to their death grip over Virginia. Don’t worry, their time is drawing to a close.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:38:51 +0000

So you don’t know. Thanks.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:24:18 +0000

You don’t understand. It only matters when there is an equal split on party lines. There’s no gentlemen’s rules, only power sharing agreements when that is the case. And power sharing has less to do with floor votes than it has to do with committee chairmanships and membership. That is where the real power sharing takes place. Do some research.

Any other time, the majority passes what they want, because they have the MAJORITY. It doesn’t matter how many of the minority show up. Does that make sense? No sneaking involved, they do it right in their face because they have the majority.

You’re making up stuff that just does not exist. First “power sharing”, then “gentlemen’s rules”. Sheesh. Way to expose a weak argument.

By: drax

drax — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:19:37 +0000

This is alot like what happened in Michigan with the lame-duck, last-minute right to work law. Republicans have to sneak things through. Don’t even make the mistake of trusting them.

By: drax

drax — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:18:14 +0000

It’s amazing that he thinks that a redistricting plan that would make Dems the minority should be less important to Dems than transportation and education too.

By: drax

drax — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:17:00 +0000

How does David A. know they would? Did he speak to Saslaw?

By: drax

drax — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:16:12 +0000

The Senate normally operates using “gentleman’s” rules, like not sneaking major legislation through while one key Senator is out on a federal holiday celebrating a major event. Or at least it used to. I hope the Dems turn the tables some time.

By: thrak

thrak — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:01:32 +0000

I read an article about this yesterday and just loved a quote by Senate Majority Leader Norment, after admitting the plan was pushed through solely for political reasons: “”I understand yesterday was not one of the finest days in the Senate,” Norment said. “[But] to hear vitriolic comments like ‘There’s going to be no transportation plan, there’s going to be no education plan,’ those are policy issues that [Democrats would allow to be] impacted by a political consequence.”

So he’s surprised or angered that there may be consequences for the actions he admits weren’t “pretty”??

By: NS4L

NS4L — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:06:03 +0000

How do you know that? Did you speak to Dick Saslaw, or anybody?

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:02:54 +0000

lol, no again. There has only been one other time recently when the Senate had a 20-20 split, and they went to great lengths to establish a specific agreement to share power and divvy up the committee positions, etc.

This time with the 20-20 split, there has been zero agreement on power sharing, gentlemanly or otherwise.