Chris Matthews: Republicans Will Have To 'Rig The Elections' To Win From Now On (VIDEO)
Posted: 01/22/2013 10:07 am EST
Chris Matthews said that Republicans will have to resort to rigging elections in order to win, in his commentary after President Obama's inaugural speech on Monday.
He was offering post-speech analysis on MSNBC, along with Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Chris Hayes. Matthews said that it would be "frightening" if Republican lawmakers controlled states like Pennsylvania, suggesting that they would try to break up blocs of black, Democratic voters.
Maddow agreed. That could happen in "Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia [and] Ohio," she said.
"There's so much willingness to rig the elections by the Republicans," Matthews said. "They know they’re heading into demographic trouble. They know they're going to be a minority in this country. It's almost like Lebanon — we've got to fake the census now, y'know?"
"And what I see them doing is saying, 'Okay, we know we're never going to be popular again, so we're going to have to rig it," he remarked.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/chris-matthews-republicans-rig-elections_n_2525987.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics
I hate to tell Chris, but the rebublicans have been attempting to rig the elections for a long, long, time. the call it redistricting, re-drawing the maps for political gain. happens all the time, and in Texas, Tom Delay is a good example of the corruption and redistricting gerrymandering in Texas. now, I said a long time ago, they will wait until the right judges are in there, and he will finally walk, in my opinion. it’s all in who you know, and who ya can hum the best toon to, and how much money you can funnel there from, and the GOP is real good at this $$$ from the last election, and the voting turmoil there from the right, if left up to the right, only white, right, men, will be able to vote. ...
Virginia Redistricting 2013: State GOP Rams Bill Through Senate In Absence Of Democratic Sen. Henry Marsh
Posted: 01/22/2013 1:39 am EST | Updated: 01/22/2013 7:53 am EST
Virginia Democrats are raising hell after Republicans unexpectedly rammed a controversial redistricting bill through the state Senate on Monday, capitalizing on the absence of a Democratic lawmaker and civil rights leader who was in Washington for President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
The Virginia Senate is currently split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, each occupying 20 seats in the legislative body. Democratic State Sen. Harry Marsh's absence paved the way for passage of the previously unannounced legislation by a count of 20 votes to 19.
"The new redistricting map revises the districts created under the 2011 map," writes Talking Points Memo's Evan McMorris-Santoro, "and would take effect before the next state Senate elections in Virginia and would redraw district lines to maximize the number of safe GOP seats."
According to the Associated Press:
After the measure was sprung on unsuspecting Democrats, its sponsor, Republican Sen. John Watkins of Powhatan, defended it as an effort to create another majority black Senate district. What he didn't say is that it would create even more GOP-dominant districts.
The move apparently came as a surprise even to Virginia's Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, who TPM described as "non-committal on the new maps," possibly because of the power play's problematic optics.
State Senator Marsh practiced civil rights law before his election as the first black mayor of Richmond, Va., and later as a six-term state senator.
Virginia Democrats are vowing to challenge the move in court, according to the Washington Post.
“We talk about the dangers of legislating on the fly. Well, this is the ultimate in danger,” Democrat Sen. Don McEachin reportedly said. “The public has no idea what we’re about to do adopting this substitute, nor would they know in the next three days that it would take for this bill to ultimately pass.”
McEachin also called the stunt “secretive and underhanded.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/virginia-redistricting-henry-marsh_n_2523818.html
Posted: 01/22/2013 10:07 am EST
Chris Matthews said that Republicans will have to resort to rigging elections in order to win, in his commentary after President Obama's inaugural speech on Monday.
He was offering post-speech analysis on MSNBC, along with Rachel Maddow, Ed Schultz and Chris Hayes. Matthews said that it would be "frightening" if Republican lawmakers controlled states like Pennsylvania, suggesting that they would try to break up blocs of black, Democratic voters.
Maddow agreed. That could happen in "Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia [and] Ohio," she said.
"There's so much willingness to rig the elections by the Republicans," Matthews said. "They know they’re heading into demographic trouble. They know they're going to be a minority in this country. It's almost like Lebanon — we've got to fake the census now, y'know?"
"And what I see them doing is saying, 'Okay, we know we're never going to be popular again, so we're going to have to rig it," he remarked.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/chris-matthews-republicans-rig-elections_n_2525987.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics
I hate to tell Chris, but the rebublicans have been attempting to rig the elections for a long, long, time. the call it redistricting, re-drawing the maps for political gain. happens all the time, and in Texas, Tom Delay is a good example of the corruption and redistricting gerrymandering in Texas. now, I said a long time ago, they will wait until the right judges are in there, and he will finally walk, in my opinion. it’s all in who you know, and who ya can hum the best toon to, and how much money you can funnel there from, and the GOP is real good at this $$$ from the last election, and the voting turmoil there from the right, if left up to the right, only white, right, men, will be able to vote. ...
Virginia Redistricting 2013: State GOP Rams Bill Through Senate In Absence Of Democratic Sen. Henry Marsh
Posted: 01/22/2013 1:39 am EST | Updated: 01/22/2013 7:53 am EST
Virginia Democrats are raising hell after Republicans unexpectedly rammed a controversial redistricting bill through the state Senate on Monday, capitalizing on the absence of a Democratic lawmaker and civil rights leader who was in Washington for President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
The Virginia Senate is currently split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, each occupying 20 seats in the legislative body. Democratic State Sen. Harry Marsh's absence paved the way for passage of the previously unannounced legislation by a count of 20 votes to 19.
"The new redistricting map revises the districts created under the 2011 map," writes Talking Points Memo's Evan McMorris-Santoro, "and would take effect before the next state Senate elections in Virginia and would redraw district lines to maximize the number of safe GOP seats."
According to the Associated Press:
After the measure was sprung on unsuspecting Democrats, its sponsor, Republican Sen. John Watkins of Powhatan, defended it as an effort to create another majority black Senate district. What he didn't say is that it would create even more GOP-dominant districts.
The move apparently came as a surprise even to Virginia's Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, who TPM described as "non-committal on the new maps," possibly because of the power play's problematic optics.
State Senator Marsh practiced civil rights law before his election as the first black mayor of Richmond, Va., and later as a six-term state senator.
Virginia Democrats are vowing to challenge the move in court, according to the Washington Post.
“We talk about the dangers of legislating on the fly. Well, this is the ultimate in danger,” Democrat Sen. Don McEachin reportedly said. “The public has no idea what we’re about to do adopting this substitute, nor would they know in the next three days that it would take for this bill to ultimately pass.”
McEachin also called the stunt “secretive and underhanded.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/virginia-redistricting-henry-marsh_n_2523818.html