[Nowhere Man]

That's exactly right -- just like when now-deceased traitor John Murtha described his constiuents as racist, redneck yahoos. Well, guess who re-elected Murtha.... AND built a statue to commemorate him???

I compare it to "battered wife syndrome" a political version of it. The wife hates the husband who beats her and resents him but is afraid to leave or change because he supports her. Murtha called us (I live near Pittsburgh but not in his district) basically "stupid rednecks" but the rubes keep electing him. I guess because he brings home the pork, the old folks still see the Democrats using FDR glasses and the able bodied welfare bums are on the take. Some also call it the political version of the Stockholm Syndrome.

I think we can neutralize the Pittsburgh democrats but the Philly ones are the huge millstone around our neck. Sometimes I think we need to split the Commonwealth into two or let the Western half join Ohio but I doubt they'd let us. B-P

[JediJones]

I think we can neutralize the Pittsburgh democrats but the Philly ones are the huge millstone around our neck. Sometimes I think we need to split the Commonwealth into two or let the Western half join Ohio but I doubt they'd let us. B-P

Wasn't there a proposal on the table to portion out our electoral votes based on district? Which means they wouldn't be winner-take-all to the popular vote winner in the state. I think our Republican state reps derailed the proposal, or put it on the back burner, after it seemed like there was a good chance it would go forward. I believe one or two other states do this with their electoral votes already.

[JediJones]

Here's the article. In my opinion this would be a great move. Article says Obama would've only gotten 11 out of 21 electoral votes in 2008 under this system. Of course the PA Democrats voraciously opposed this move, knowing how much of a lock this state is for them with the popular vote.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/change-proposed-for-states-electoral-vote-process-314523/

Only two states -- Nebraska and Maine -- divide their electoral votes instead of giving the whole bloc to the candidate that wins the state's popular vote. Even for those two states, the piecemeal approach has been a rarity, with Nebraska historically dividing its five votes in the 2008 election, when one went to President Barack Obama.