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Two Democratic electors threaten to throw the election to Donald Trump

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-11-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 In other words..... The State of Washington has two fellas who won't stay BOUGHT !

Posted by Besoeker 2016-11-07 02:04|| 2016-11-07 02:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Putting the country over the party - what kind of mental disease is what?

Or, just trying to extort something for themselves?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-11-07 03:39|| 2016-11-07 03:39|| Front Page Top

#3 ...I would expect lawfare on Malificent's part were this to happen - that the electors be ordered to cast their votes in accordance with 'the will of the people' or that they be replaced by ones who will.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-11-07 04:50|| 2016-11-07 04:50|| Front Page Top

#4 ...appears to be the fault of an utterly reckless method the Washington Democratic Party uses to name those electors.

Simpsons character sez - HA HA!

Posted by Raj 2016-11-07 07:35|| 2016-11-07 07:35|| Front Page Top

#5 They shouldn't be punished for recognizing the criminal enterprise for what it is, having an epiphany, seeing the light and wanting to bale.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-11-07 07:51|| 2016-11-07 07:51|| Front Page Top

#6 The electoral college is a problem. We can all gloat they will vote for trump, but if they were in a red state wanting Hillary the comments here would be visceral the other way. We need to have voter reform. We need to work to find a better way to elect our representatives. We need to get this country to a point where America's brightest are willing to serve. The thought of going through anything that looks like a primary drives away all people of honor that respect their privacy and leave the only people that are willing to go through the mess are the extreme narcissists and the power greedy. Not what we want running our national affairs.

Posted by 49 Pan 2016-11-07 10:00|| 2016-11-07 10:00|| Front Page Top

#7 The Electoral College protects us out here in rural 'flyover country', Pan.

Otherwise the largest urban areas (with the usual population demographics) would always be the deciding factor for how this country fills the Administrative Branch (not that it isn't 'loaded' already).

Fairly good summary here

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-11-07 11:41|| 2016-11-07 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 The question is whether these electors mean it or are just negotiating for consideration from Clinton for their favorite causes.

Posted by Zebulon and Tenille2425 2016-11-07 15:44|| 2016-11-07 15:44|| Front Page Top

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