Does this really need to be explained on a liberal dem discussion site? yep.

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146. Thank you for the welcome JoePhilly. I'm starting to settle in.

I’m trying to tread water calmly here after the first “POOF! BLOCKED!” response.

Are you wanting a Red pill or Blue pill answer? The Blue is easy, all we have to do is nothing. That Red pill though, what a bitch. There is no good one answer is there? I imagine it will be resolved and I’m hoping it won’t turn icky. We do need to stay engaged and meet people.

You can blame my state though! I posted a link to an article awhile back that some found interesting, I’ll repeat it again. It’s about changing the primary system to a come one, come all format.

Learning from California
RUSSELL SADLER

snip;
“…In a whirlwind of legislating, Schwarzenegger and the California Assembly raised the minimum wage from $6.75 to $8.00 an hour over the next two years; required drug companies to negotiate prescription prices or lose access to the huge California Medicaid market; approved bond issues to build new schools, affordable housing, roads and rail lines; and imposed strict new standards for limiting greenhouse gases over the objections of oil and auto companies.

The result? Polls show the once-beleaguered Schwarzenegger has opened up a 13-point lead over his Democratic opponent, State Treasurer Phil Angelides.

How does “the Governator” do that without being punished by party partisans?

By virtue of the 2003 California recall -- where all voters decide whether to recall an elected official and simultaneously choose a replacement -- Schwarzenegger is the only major public officeholder in the country who was not nominated in a partisan convention or primary. He was elected in a race where every registered voter had a chance to choose from a multiple list of candidates -- including partisans and independents….” - See more at: http://www.blueoregon.com/2006/09/learning_from_c/#sthash.kiJXUPSA.dpuf