Flawed Logic

I would like to believe that if Spock from Star Trek learned of our two-party system and how it functions, the first words out of his mouth would be, “how illogical.”  And if the good Dr. McCoy were to hear him say that, he would get angry and say “is that all you can say…how about ‘it’s damned illogical!!!’"

I have struggled for many years to understand the flawed logic of both parties.

In the tenth month of a budget impasse, one Illinois lawmaker is making news about how the state should respond to its inability to pass a budget.

Speaking to the Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois State Rep. Bill Mitchell is demanding Illinois state vehicles stop traveling on roads until a budget is passed.

During my Business Research and Quantitative Analysis course for my MBA five years ago, the topic of cellphones in research was a topic that came up many times -- a paradigm shift is happening in how we use technology and phones.

With the escalating disenfranchisement of voters, the possibility of a prominent third party candidate gaining national attention has become a popular topic. As one of the few parties with ballot access in all 50 states, the Libertarian Party is increasingly drawing the attention of independent voters. Those interested in learning more about the party were provided with the first ever nationally-televised Libertarian Party debate Friday night on Fox Business News.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ2Wov5hvrA

The Daily Caller recently reported on a video that shows current Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton coming out against the superdelegate system in 2008 when she was in a tight race with Barack Obama.

Now, Clinton reportedly has an "insurmountable" lead because of the number of superdelegates who have committed their support to her, many of whom made the decision before the first votes of the 2016 race were cast in Iowa.

The Daily Caller reports:

In the early 1990s, journalist Dan Baum interviewed Nixon aide John Ehrlichman while doing research for a book on the effects of drug prohibition.

Wisconsin has long been an important battleground state in the modern election cycles for president. Its 10 electoral votes prove critical in most pathways to victory, but an important twist is happening this primary season with the infighting in the Republican primary.

A resolution that would ask California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to use his authority as the state's chief elections official to add a nonpartisan public option ballot in the June 7 presidential primary died Wednesday in the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting. In a 3-2 vote against the resolution, ACR 145 did not get the 4 'Aye' votes needed to move out of committee.

Our updated blog on the more than 600,000 votes cast for withdrawn candidates includes a spreadsheet where we show the total votes earned by all the Republican and Democratic candidates for president.

More than 214,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania have switched their party registration ahead of the April 26 primary in order to participate in this year's competitive presidential contests, according to Pennsylvania's election office.

The Morning Call reports that about half of those switching their party registration became Republicans, one-third registered as Democrats, and one-eighth joined a minor party.