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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:01 PM Original message |
Fed court ruling making voters register by party may cause further racial divide in Mississippi. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. The courts pulled this BS in California and Washington |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. because it may cause the demise of the Dem Party in Mississippi? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Whose fault is that? The Dems are the ones who brought the suit to court |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. In this case, "racists" is not equivalent with "moderates" |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. If these white moderates hold the balance of power, then there is nothing to fear |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. btw |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am not as familiar with this case as I am with some others. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. nail on head |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. as a foreigner, I find this fascinating |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Since there are only two parties of real significance, here, |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. interesting point |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. This is illustrative of what happens |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. and again, a sort of northern counterpart phenomenon |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. A bit of American political history |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. thanks! |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. But don't Republicans usually exploit having the ability to vote in a Democratic Primary? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. it's a double-edged sword to be sure |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. After reading the article entirely I think this will be better for Democrats in Mississippi. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. IMO it will cede the majority to the Republicans |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. But the Democrats who were getting elected were just Republican lights. |
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