Kucinich worries his district will be eliminated

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/29/kucinich-worries-his-district-will-be-eliminated/ ^

[andy58-in-nh]

She is very not guilty. What brand of beer does he drink???

I'm sure he uses short glasses:

[Leisler]

When the Federal government was weak, and low taxing, and not threatening to our liberties, it was thought that the present ratio would be sufficient to carry out the few tasks. No the government is huge, with many agencies having immense powers, unsupervised but in theory only. Any one agency today has more power, more taxing ability( fees, permits, licenses.) then the origination government.

In effect, we are represented, and serviced and protected in theory only now.

One of the benefits of having a ten thousand member house, would be the deletion of special interests. Say you wanted to foist a tax eating, economy killing ethanol program. You would need thousands of lobbyists. Since few special interests would be able to assemble the money for such a purchasing ...er...lobbying army, the ten thousand house members would be more free to act on general principals as opposed to lobbying campaigns.

[CharacterCounts]

Are you insane?

Maybe not!

If we tripled the size of the body, the respective power of each would be reduced by 2/3. Special interests and lobbyists would have to spend three times the money to purchase enough Reps to get their way, thus reducing their overall impact.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Join the circus?

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Rodeo clown, jockey...

[Danae]

If I were Kucinich, I would be worried too!

Not like he doesn’t DESERVE to be worried or anything.

[Texas Eagle]

What are you worried about them doing, Dennis? Blowing up Pluto?

Well, if they did, not to worry, you could always represent Uranus.

[antiRepublicrat]

I'm with you, more reps? Are you insane? We cannot afford the reps we have and the damage they do.

We could if they were the part-time citizen-legislators they were meant to be instead of career political hacks. The Constitution designed a well-woven system, but that very aspect means that one element of the system being broken affects others, and the damage cascades from there.

[az_gila]

Mrs. Kucinich works for the Congressional Human Rights and Holistic Health Caucuses in the House of Representatives.

I wonder if she will lose her job next year?

[GQuagmire]

I appreciate your doe eyed,childlike enthusiasm for an efficient federal govt. and a Congress that will serve us
It's sweet.
How ever, I'll ask the four of you what I asked earlier.
Are you insane?
There is no way in hell the Congress or the federal govt. will ever limit itself in any way, shape or form.
Regardless of which political party is in charge



EVER!!!!!!!!!!


Thank you and have a wonderful day!

[Venturer]

As jackie Gleason would say

“How Sweet It Is.”

[Da Coyote]

She’s a babe all right, but given the loser she married, it appears as if she’s a member of the oldest profession that married a member of the next oldest profession for the purposes of getting all she can out of the idiot.

[Leisler]

What? You think you get the last say? Good luck with that.

Anyway, what make you think I want a efficient government? I don’t. I want a dysfunctional, or none at all government. Matter of fact, I deny the very existence of ‘efficient’ government. Anywhere. Ever.

Chew on that. ( Think out side the box you have made. Clue number one, there is no box. )

[pnh102]

I would hate to see Kucinich go, he is one of the few liberals who is worthy of respect. My guess is that for the sake of seniority Ohio will try to eliminate a Democrat representative who has the least amount of seniority.

And as to the idea of increasing the number of representatives so that districts do not have to be eliminated... WTF?!?!?!?!

[Niteranger68]

Dennis' wife Elizabeth might be missed more than he is

I doubt it.....

[pnh102]

A big point is the size on house districts is now headed North of 800,000 people and in another 20 years or so will probably be over a million. The Framers intended the House to be the people's body where the reps are close to the pulse of the people. How close can a rep stay to that many people?

As another poster pointed out, perhaps Congress needs to go back to being part-time. That would give legislators plenty of time to mingle with the electorate. The last thing we need is more legislators to screw things up.

[NeoCaveman]

After defeating 5 Dems in the last election the delegation is now 13 R to 5 D.

Losing 2 seats and keeping 13 R’s isn’t going to be easy. Especially with Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland.

[andy58-in-nh]

Not her most flattering portrait. And she is a lefty vegan loon, of course, just like Dennis. Real women love barbecue.

[GQuagmire]

Hitting the egg nog a little early today? ;)

What we have is bad enough. Adding more to the mix is not going to help.

I believe you’re in MA. You most of all know how corrupt govt. is Let’s add more Kujo’s and DiMasi’s and Finneran’s to the punchbowl.

[NeoCaveman]

Kucinich is one of the poorest members of Congress.

So she either did it for the greencard or she’s into Keebler elves.

[pnh102]

Losing 2 seats and keeping 13 R’s isn’t going to be easy. Especially with Toledo, Youngstown, and Cleveland.

It is nothing a district the width of a lane on Interstates 76, 80 and 90 won't fix. :)