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In reply to the discussion: Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(54,093 posts)8. That's the Canadian system. Don't stop there. Keep going with your idea
Bring in a parliamentary system.
Liberal Party of Canada: Government
CONservatives: "Loyal" Opposition
New Democratic Party: usually third place, but once was Opposition
Bloc Quebecois (regional)
Green (a couple of seats)
The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated federal politics of Canada for much of its history, holding power for almost 70 years of the 20th century.[21][12] As a result, it has sometimes been referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".[22][14][23]
Canada is in the middle of an election, called because we need an election now, a mandate now, not on some calendar schedule.
If the US had a parliament, Congress and tRump would be dissolved already by now. Congress by beginning a five week election campaign and tRump by the process seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Saves money too.
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Republicans panic over Trump tariffs: Last time "we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years" [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
OP
2 parties is going to be the natural fallout of an electoral-college-based system. nt
Gore1FL
Thursday
#7
The Electoral College was set up to throw a sop to the slave owning states. Out-lived its usefulness. . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#9
That's the Canadian system. Don't stop there. Keep going with your idea
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#8
The Republicans in Congress are to blame as they are to cowardly to stand up to Trump.
cstanleytech
Thursday
#11
Not in this day and age, with the RW servants helping them and a fickle voter demographic
ffr
Thursday
#12
Some voters would feel more of a connection to oval office if we had direct election for president
Gum Logger
Thursday
#16
Fuck the whole lot of that motherfucking hill of shit that is MAGA and the fucking scumbags that support them.
SoFlaBro
Thursday
#17
"What we don't want is overreach." LOL. Well, that's what you've got. In spades.
Martin68
Thursday
#20
I posted about that earlier today in another thread (with respect to the number in the Senate during FDR's 4 terms)
BumRushDaShow
Thursday
#30
"In the early and mid 30's there just wasn't the deep divide that we have now."
BumRushDaShow
18 hrs ago
#44
Repugs can go down with the rest of us. You are complicit, you refuse to speak for us
vapor2
Thursday
#37
You need to go back another 20 years to 1933 and FDR, starting with the 73rd Congress
BumRushDaShow
19 hrs ago
#43