You nailed it, Corbin! I'm sick of those self-righteous caucuses, who have shown time and time again that their real interest is in preserving their own positions and power. If A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com) can move the needle and change the broken, corrupt, and self-serving caucus system, then it's a fight worth having!!!!
Remember that by redistricting, they are also diluting the safe red districts, so that if trump really takes down the Republican party, those districts will no longer be safe, so this whole effort to disenfranchise minorities could come back to bite them.
I like the idea of party-free primaries. The Democrats and Republicans used to belong to the same club. They might call each other names in debates, or to get elected, but they would have a good laugh about it later, over drinks, at the club. (Once elected you might forget to which party the candidates belonged). The push for term-limits reflects the problem with the party affiliated primaries. The best term limit is the vote. The problem is the political parties: the political parties are reluctant to nominate challengers to long-term incumbents (who benefit from name recognition on the ballot) and want to retain seniority perks. The voters are not very awake (and have little time to be politically active): I like the idea of party-free primaries. The political parties can do what they want, but our elections need to be disengaged from them. The parties can hold (and pay for) their own nominating elections or caucuses but our primaries should be party free.
I live in Tennessee too. I’d been told that in the South all politics is racial but I was still surprised at the extremity of it. Maybe politics has to find a way to try to gain power that is about something other than race. Maybe drawing circles around black people and saying to them that electing a black representative in that district isn’t enough.
Corbin this is another fantastic post. As we've discussed I couldn't agree more. This isn't just about keeping/getting dems into power -- not if those dems have attached themselves to the current corporatocracy/classism system instead of going after that system itself. I have said for years that America is more a classist society than a racist one now, which doesn't mean racism isn't still a huge and foundational problem. We must harness all this darkness and upheaval to bring about radical systems change -- in the economic model and in political processes.
On a personal note, it must be very hard having your values and a governor like the one currently at the helm in your state. Hang in there. By the way, I just upgraded to a paid subscription. Keep doing your good work!
We are broken. Common American families are renting their lives from the rich. Air BnB, VRBO. The largest problem though is the broken Healthcare system. The rich are hoarding Healthcare, keeping it from the commonplace. Selling us our lives to enrich only themselves.
Two sides of the same coin. What they are really afraid of is both sides coming together. Birds of the same feather, flock together and it doesn’t matter where you’re from or what color you are. Eventually, the powerful will come for all of us. They want every single one of us demoralized.
I will say looking into the issue, as small as it may be in delaying the inevitable, that there is a very open question on whether these actions for 2026 are even legal based on the longstanding Purcell Principle. There is a strong case actually that these sessions run in direct violation of that legal theory and other related precedent.
“Save Democracy!” worked in 2020, but it would have been better if enough time passed for the weak sauce of the Biden Administration to fade from everyone’s memories before Democrats tried it again.
The competition to undermine "one man one vote" and turn our democracy into fantasy team sports will not work for either team. We need to drop these political parties and move to "no party" primaries to select candidates, or to multiple round general elections.
You nailed it, Corbin! I'm sick of those self-righteous caucuses, who have shown time and time again that their real interest is in preserving their own positions and power. If A Fight Worth Having (afightworthhaving.com) can move the needle and change the broken, corrupt, and self-serving caucus system, then it's a fight worth having!!!!
Remember that by redistricting, they are also diluting the safe red districts, so that if trump really takes down the Republican party, those districts will no longer be safe, so this whole effort to disenfranchise minorities could come back to bite them.
Good one. I agree the primary’s are critical. Thanks.
I like the idea of party-free primaries. The Democrats and Republicans used to belong to the same club. They might call each other names in debates, or to get elected, but they would have a good laugh about it later, over drinks, at the club. (Once elected you might forget to which party the candidates belonged). The push for term-limits reflects the problem with the party affiliated primaries. The best term limit is the vote. The problem is the political parties: the political parties are reluctant to nominate challengers to long-term incumbents (who benefit from name recognition on the ballot) and want to retain seniority perks. The voters are not very awake (and have little time to be politically active): I like the idea of party-free primaries. The political parties can do what they want, but our elections need to be disengaged from them. The parties can hold (and pay for) their own nominating elections or caucuses but our primaries should be party free.
I live in Tennessee too. I’d been told that in the South all politics is racial but I was still surprised at the extremity of it. Maybe politics has to find a way to try to gain power that is about something other than race. Maybe drawing circles around black people and saying to them that electing a black representative in that district isn’t enough.
Thank you Corbin for all you’re doing. It’s
Nice to know that there is someone that is
Doing something to save our country. I am 85 and worry so about this doing to our country!
Thank you!!
Corbin, put the link to A Fight Worth Having at the bottom of each of your posts here. Help people connect.
Corbin this is another fantastic post. As we've discussed I couldn't agree more. This isn't just about keeping/getting dems into power -- not if those dems have attached themselves to the current corporatocracy/classism system instead of going after that system itself. I have said for years that America is more a classist society than a racist one now, which doesn't mean racism isn't still a huge and foundational problem. We must harness all this darkness and upheaval to bring about radical systems change -- in the economic model and in political processes.
On a personal note, it must be very hard having your values and a governor like the one currently at the helm in your state. Hang in there. By the way, I just upgraded to a paid subscription. Keep doing your good work!
We are broken. Common American families are renting their lives from the rich. Air BnB, VRBO. The largest problem though is the broken Healthcare system. The rich are hoarding Healthcare, keeping it from the commonplace. Selling us our lives to enrich only themselves.
Two sides of the same coin. What they are really afraid of is both sides coming together. Birds of the same feather, flock together and it doesn’t matter where you’re from or what color you are. Eventually, the powerful will come for all of us. They want every single one of us demoralized.
Co-signed, as usual. I have a proposal to push back on the "Supreme" court's minority disenfranchisement right now:
WHITE PEOPLE! LET'S FORFEIT OUR VOTES TO BLACK WOMEN!
(I wrote A Thing about it, but I don't know whether it's okay to post a link here?)
All good points for sure.
I will say looking into the issue, as small as it may be in delaying the inevitable, that there is a very open question on whether these actions for 2026 are even legal based on the longstanding Purcell Principle. There is a strong case actually that these sessions run in direct violation of that legal theory and other related precedent.
“Save Democracy!” worked in 2020, but it would have been better if enough time passed for the weak sauce of the Biden Administration to fade from everyone’s memories before Democrats tried it again.
The competition to undermine "one man one vote" and turn our democracy into fantasy team sports will not work for either team. We need to drop these political parties and move to "no party" primaries to select candidates, or to multiple round general elections.