Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-23 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Timothy Heald wrote: > Or maybe actually fix the system, remove the third party impediments, > reduce the ratio back to 1:35,000. > > Kill all the lifetime benefits to office, implement real ethical oversight, > return as much control over these men back to the st

Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-23 Thread Timothy Heald
Or maybe actually fix the system, remove the third party impediments, reduce the ratio back to 1:35,000. Kill all the lifetime benefits to office, implement real ethical oversight, return as much control over these men back to the states as possible. On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Larry C. Ly

Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
A lot of the issue of losing the house has more to do with how the 36 repulican controlled legislatures have gerrymandered their states to ensure that more republicans are sent to congress than democrats. You want to see real representation, get the district apportionment out of the hands of parti

Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-23 Thread Vivec
That's also what I thought. The democrats are probably overrepresented on Linked In. Either way, it is not a comforting thought. To have such an advantage in expertise, and to still lose the House and certain jurisdictions? On 20 December 2013 21:46, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Ability to p

Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-20 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:57 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > Using LinkedIn they ID'ed the percentage of political staff by skills > listed and political party. The disparity Democrat to Republican is > absolutely jaw-dropping. Ability to properly use LinkedIn: Democrat: 90% Republican: 10%

Re: 15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-20 Thread Maureen
This chart would be a lot more balanced if they had included the propagandists and Karl Rove's evil minions. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:57 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > http://enga.ge/15972-vs-6087/ > > This is an interesting read on the skills available to political parties > and the dispari

15,972 vs 6087

2013-12-20 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
http://enga.ge/15972-vs-6087/ This is an interesting read on the skills available to political parties and the disparity of availability. Using LinkedIn they ID'ed the percentage of political staff by skills listed and political party. The disparity Democrat to Republican is absolutely jaw-drop