A sure sign that the Democrats are in for a really rough day tomorrow is when stalwart lefties say we ought to cancel the election.
There was a time when midterm elections made sense — at our nation’s founding, the Constitution represented a new form of republican government, and it was important for at least one body of Congress to be closely accountable to the people. But especially at a time when Americans’ confidence in the ability of their government to address pressing concerns is at a record low, two-year House terms no longer make any sense. We should get rid of federal midterm elections entirely.
The excerpt above comes from a New York Times column, Cancel the Midterms, penned by Duke Professor David Schanzer and Duke junior, Jay Sullivan — presumably one of the professor's students. Curious combination, to say the least, a professor and a junior. Maybe Jay Sullivan is really connected, politically speaking.
But I digress. Up to now our friends on the left have been harping non-stop about the importance of the vote. Anything that might remotely be construed as an impediment to voting, such as having to show an ID to prove who you are when you vote, is a civil rights violation. Everybody ought to vote. On the left they even want people who are not U.S. citizens to vote. Actually, I think they especially want non-citizens to be able vote, and the less they know about America, its freedoms, and its issues, the better.
When it comes to voting, more is better. Except for now? Here we are down to the wire, but the polls continue to show that Republicans are probably going to win control of the Senate from Obama's Democrats. So, now lefties are saying never mind all that stuff about voting. Why do we have to have all these elections anyway? It's just way too much.
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