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SuprstitionAintthWay

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9. Yep.

Reply to Zolorp (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 11:55 AM

Feb 2020

James Madison didn't want to do it, but he gave in.

It was basically extortion. "No chamber where we hold wildly disproportionate power, NO NATION!"

(A little like, smear my domestic political opponents for me... and clear my buddy Vlad from his rigging 2016 for me... or else your country can die like a dog under Russian attack for all I care.)

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A RedState WYite/Dakotan/Alaskan Has 40 TIMES the Polit.Power In The Senate As A BlueState Cali/NYer [View all] SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 OP

There is a reason a bicameral legislature was called "The Great Compromise" Zolorp Feb 2020 #1

Yep. SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #9

I've found it interesting to consider how they only NEEDED all or almost... SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #27

You're making unsupported assumptions FBaggins Feb 2020 #28

Pennsylvania was the 2nd most populous state in 1790, NC was 3rd (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Feb 2020 #30

Now, Time To Be Fair (unlike our opponents) And Show The Reverse Analysis Of The Extreme Case SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #2

Rural white voters - whether Dems or Repubs - are the prime beneficiaries radius777 Feb 2020 #26

Unrec, trashing. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #3

fascinating & revealing reaction SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #14

A solution? DonaldsRump Feb 2020 #4

Easiest fix is to add states Drb2072 Feb 2020 #5

Making DC a state will almost certainly require a constitutional amendment Jake Stern Feb 2020 #7

But The Structural Disadvantage Against Democrats In The Senate Is Pronounced SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #6

These Grossly-Undemocratic-Senate Comparisons Can Be Done Almost Endless Numbers Of Ways SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #8

As has been pointed out many times here PBC_Democrat Feb 2020 #10

I think everybody here already knows that* so I'm not getting the point of your reply. SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #12

What I'm saying is ... PBC_Democrat Feb 2020 #20

The Senate confirms justices for SCOTUS, radius777 Feb 2020 #25

That's why they call it the tyranny of the minority. matt819 Feb 2020 #11

If it's the Republican Senate, just assume most Americans are being bulldozed over. SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #29

That is the way the Constitution was written. MicaelS Feb 2020 #13

I disagree with that. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #15

You're speaking very much for yourself there. Not for me, or for many others I know. SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #16

You maybe correct, but I am a cynic. MicaelS Feb 2020 #17

I agree we don't have ready ways out of problems that are becoming increasingly untenable. SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #18

If the situation were reversed, the Rs would be screaming about how unfair it was Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #21

using the same math, how over represented in the house is California and New York? Remington Feb 2020 #19

The reps in California represent more people Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #22

The business-as-usual, must-preserve-the-Founders'-1789-design fans SuprstitionAintthWay Feb 2020 #23

Many people here are still living by a river in Egypt. n/t Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #24