Yesterday, a special election was held to fill a vacancy in the US House of Representatives for the 26th District of New York (as with most Congressional districts, the shape is so weird that I won't bother trying to name it, but it's in the northwest of the state). In this election, we saw (I believe for the first time) distinct candidates for the Republican Party and the Tea Party.
This got me thinking: what if the Tea Party were to officially exist in its own right, as opposed to simply being a wing of the Republican Party? I think that this would give the Republicans an opportunity to take back government for a decade - that is, if this is an opportunity they are willing to take.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Senate Reform Without Constitutional Messiness
Prime Minister Stephen Harper signaled plans to appoint three defeated Conservative candidates to the Senate yesterday. Larry Smith and Josee Verner will be representing Quebec, while Fabian Manning will be representing Newfoundland & Labrador.
Reform of the Senate is usually messy because it requires a change to the Constitution. However, here is an idea (which I am basing loosely off of a proposal put forward in the British House of Lords) that could reform the Senate without having to amend the Constitution.
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