Patrick Murphy and David Jolly
Something good from
a lot of bad?
In Congress, the
typical workweek is from Tuesday through Thursday.
The Ocala
Star-Banner.
Trying to end the
dysfunction
Our Opinion:
Two former Florida
congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, are traveling the state to talk about
bipartisanship.
David Jolly and
Patrick Murphy once represented rare congressional districts that contained
registered voters evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
So they had
incentives to seek moderation.
Now they would like
to
“Unrig the system”
For the next
generation.
The duo has three
proposed reforms:
Address
gerrymandered districts,
Closed primaries
And
The distorted role
of money in politics.
The
Fair Districts Amendment has improved matters a bit, but mainly along
geographic lines.
The next phase of the effort should seek to create
districts that are closer to 50-50 representation, Murphy and Jolly
said.
Murphy
and Jolly support a system that will allow voters to vote in whichever primary
they choose.
Finally,
Jolly and Murphy said something must be done to radically change the way money
dominates politics.
WELL DUH!
This is what our
fore-fathers, our states, the country and the voting public have been wanting
since the very beginning of the country!
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