tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post2178754163752391270..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: What Makes Ralph Run?Don Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-68454616462423420682008-03-03T10:24:00.000-05:002008-03-03T10:24:00.000-05:00Sorry, that should have read "feed from the same f...Sorry, that should have read "feed from the same financing stream..."Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-2429035322305101872008-03-03T10:15:00.000-05:002008-03-03T10:15:00.000-05:00I’m not necessarily opposed to instant run offs. N...I’m not necessarily opposed to instant run offs. Neither, I may note, are McCain or Obama. Apparently, Nader also favors instant run offs. I am opposed to lumping together those whose views are sometimes similar and suggesting that there are no important distinguishing difference between then, a bad habit Nader has fallen into. That methodology would force us conclude that because Nader, McCain and Obama agree upon instant run offs, there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the three which, in Nader’s case, would be an obvious and glaring idiocy. And yet, this is what he does every time he insists that because Republicans and Democrats do not feed from the same financing stream, there are no differences between the parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-84061054583567896782008-03-02T15:19:00.000-05:002008-03-02T15:19:00.000-05:00Zeroing in on only one part of this message, It wo...Zeroing in on only one part of this message, It would suggest it is true that any major party representative who complains about a decision by a third party candidate or an independent to enter an election is being hypocritical if they don't support a majority voting system for single-winner elections -- one like instant runoff voting that accommodates voters having more choices. This is the norm in presidential elections around the world. See www.fairvote.org/irv for moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com