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Dems Have Lost 8 Seats in US House, Expect to Lose More
Democrats flipped a few seats in the US House, including one they’ve not held in 25 years, but the losses erase these gains. According to Politico, the NYT shows Republicans flipping 8 seats so far with nearly a dozen more likely.
Final Results* – NH Republicans Flip The State Senate [*updated]
WMUR has been very slow to update any number of New Hampshire’s State-level races (as final), so I bypassed the bias and went straight to the Secretary of State’s Web Site. We knew we took majorities all across the board, and I wanted the real numbers.
NH’s Red Wave – Republicans Say they Have Also Flipped the NH House [Update]
As reported earlier this morning, the Federal elections went wrong in the Granite State, but New Hampshire Republicans did very well in local elections. While still unconfirmed, we flipped the Executive Council and State Senate, and it looks like the NH House as well.
Preventing Majority Rule From Being Unjust
For the American founders majority rule was the problem. To prevent majority rule from becoming unjust they designed measures into our constitution. Do you agree rule by majority can be an issue? When might it be desirable to thwart majority rule?
Majority and minority factions pose a danger to public welfare
What’s the problem? Have you ever stopped to think about that? Can you make decisions about supporting the U.S. Constitution without answering the question? Why was it thought to be a problem then? Is it still a problem today?
Have the squeaky wheels taken over?
Here in America, as in all free societies, we’ve always functioned under a simple, but essential concept – the principle of majority rule. It has its flaws, but it’s vastly superior to totalitarian regimes, dictatorships, and oligarchies.
Is Islam A Violent Religion? How can you tell who’s radical?
Should you paint all Muslims with a broad brush? All Muslims don’t hold pernicious beliefs. But of the more than a billion and a half Muslims in the world some do. How do we, non-believers make sense of what’s going on? What’s the right question here? The PC position is that Muslims are tolerant and … Read more
Republican Change In New Hampshire
H/T to Patricia Wulfson for sending me this first.
“The New Hampshire House of Representatives received a mandate from the voters of this state to cut state spending; reduce taxes and fees; return fiscal sanity to the state; promote economic development and create jobs; mend a state retirement system that was nearing insolvency; provide our children with an education based on excellence; protect the personal rights and freedoms of its citizens; and maintain transparency in state government. Listed here is a compilation of legislation passed by the 2011 New Hampshire House of Representatives in response to that message that they received in November from the voters.
Trans-formative Change:
• Passed a constitutional amendment to require a super-majority in the House and Senate to raise taxes or borrowing. (CACR 6)
• For the first time in NH history, that included more that 50 attempts in the legislature, the House passed a constitutional amendment to expand local control of education funding by returning authority to elected officials, not unelected judges. (CACR 12) Setting an example for our citizens by “living within our means:”
• Passed a fiscally responsible budget that, (1) was balanced by using realistic revenue figures; (2) did not increase taxes or fees; (3) does not downshift onto local property taxpayers; and (4) does not increase borrowing, setting New Hampshire on a financially sustainable path will allow our economy to grow and create more jobs. (HB 1 & 2)
• Passed an education funding formula that maintains existing levels of aid to communities and allows additional targeted aid to needy cities and towns. (HB 337)
• Passed a bill to allow local communities to enact tax and spending caps. (HB 341) Moving our economy forward, creating more jobs and putting out the “Open for Business sign” in New Hampshire once again.
• Passed a small business tax cut to protect reasonable compensation from the business profits tax. (HB 557)
(more on the jump…)