To mask or not to mask....That is the question. Part II

[Shadow01]

Then you have given up. But you really are just wrong. I suspect Indiana has a more open primary than most states, fewer signatures and the like needed to get on the ballot than many other states. There actually are three elections, getting on the primary ballot, the primary, the election.

Complainers usually start a few weeks before the election but do nothing when they could have as evidenced by defeatist claims that play right into the hand of the COC. Conservatives usually put too many options on the primary ballot then the COC candidate wins…

John Rust files lawsuit to face US Rep. Jim Banks in Senate primary in Indiana

John Rust says a state law preventing him from running as a Republican is vague and unconstitutional.

www.indystar.com

 

[BugI02]

People aren't willing to vote third party to head off an elitist ********er from becoming a lifetime Senator.

Let me know if you've heard this one before - you need to fix that in the/with a primary. If you believe most people will just vote 'R', then you need to get a good 'R' on the ballot. Third party isn't going to cut it anytime soon (if ever)

 

[foszoe]

Let me know if you've heard this one before - you need to fix that in the/with a primary. If you believe most people will just vote 'R', then you need to get a good 'R' on the ballot. Third party isn't going to cut it anytime soon (if ever)

That usually has at least 1 of three built-in assumptions.

1. 3rd party can't win.
2 3rd party causes an R loss
3. The assumed damage done by a 3rd party vote is permanent

1 is mostly true
2 is possibly true
3 is an untested hypothesis

 

[Ingomike]

John Rust files lawsuit to face US Rep. Jim Banks in Senate primary in Indiana

John Rust says a state law preventing him from running as a Republican is vague and unconstitutional.

www.indystar.com

I have no problem with this. If one wants the party nomination for the election they should be a member of the party.

And is so enthused he didn’t even bother to vote in 2020 primary.

 

[actaeon277]

I think emergency powers should be spelled out.
And the 'timeline' might be between 72 hours and 60 days... I'd go closer to the 72 hours.
Maybe 7 days.

In 7 days, the House and Senate should have had enough time to meet and be briefed with the same info the Governor had.

 

[BugI02]

That usually has at least 1 of three built-in assumptions.

1. 3rd party can't win.
2 3rd party causes an R loss
3. The assumed damage done by a 3rd party vote is permanent
4. NO ONE pays attention to protest votes

1 is mostly true
2 is possibly true
3 is an untested hypothesis
4. Doesn't get any truthier

Four

 

[foszoe]

Four

But 4 is pretty much false because the often made comment is a vote for a L is a vote for a D, or similar.

So someone pays attention or cares

Didn't the Ross Perot vote get blamed for Clinton winning?

 

[Shadow01]

I have no problem with this. If one wants the party nomination for the election they should be a member of the party.

And is so enthused he didn’t even bother to vote in 2020 primary.

So at the age of 18 you would deny me the ability to attach myself to the GOP to run for a local office as a conservative?

 

[jamil]

You find it hard to believe that various conservative factions, whether they be anti abortion, pro gun, to name two, put forth their preferred candidates only to split the votes of the conservatives and allow the COC candidate to get the nomination?

Wait. You're saying that establishment candidates make sure there are several for realz conservatives on the ballot so that they split the conservative vote so they'll win the CoC/neocon vote?

I'm skeptical.

 

[jamil]

So who wants to vote Bobzilla for senate 2024?

Alright.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So at the age of 18 you would deny me the ability to attach myself to the GOP to run for a local office as a conservative?

 

[jamil]

I think emergency powers should be spelled out.
And the 'timeline' might be between 72 hours and 60 days... I'd go closer to the 72 hours.
Maybe 7 days.

In 7 days, the House and Senate should have had enough time to meet and be briefed with the same info the Governor had.

I don't think 7 days is long enough. Probably 60 is too long. Say we have a big ass blizzard that takes weeks to dig out. I think 30 days is reasonable. But after that, it's no longer an emergency. A blizzard is clearly emergent and temporary and the problems it causes can take weeks to clear up. Power outages and whatnot.

But once you get 30 days or so, that's clearly no longer an emergency condition. Time to hand it over to the legislature.

 

[jamil]

But 4 is pretty much false because the often made comment is a vote for a L is a vote for a D, or similar.

So someone pays attention or cares

Didn't the Ross Perot vote get blamed for Clinton winning?

But voting for Johnson was a vote for D.

 

[actaeon277]

I don't think 7 days is long enough. Probably 60 is too long. Say we have a big ass blizzard that takes weeks to dig out. I think 30 days is reasonable. But after that, it's no longer an emergency. A blizzard is clearly emergent and temporary and the problems it causes can take weeks to clear up. Power outages and whatnot.

But once you get 30 days or so, that's clearly no longer an emergency condition. Time to hand it over to the legislature.

We should be able to get a Senate and House together in a lot less than 30 days, even in a blizzard.

 

[jamil]

We should be able to get a Senate and House together in a lot less than 30 days, even in a blizzard.

I don't think of the purpose of the timing is to give the general assembly time to deal with it. It's about whatever is the emergent thing and at what point is it no longer an emergency.

I don't think general assembly has to get involved to handle a natural disaster, for example. Handling natural disasters is clearly an executive branch function. But in terms of using emergency power to handle it, at some point a natural disaster ceases to be an emergency. At that point, if the governor lacks the power outside of emergencies, the legislature needs to step in. So if it's having access to funding to deal with the disaster, legislature would have to appropriate it.

EO's to mandate shutdowns should certainly not be indefinite. The governor should not have the authority to renew it beyond the time limit for emergencies, at least without the legislature's okey-dokey. And then they're on the hook with voters too. Not that it mattered.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I don't think of the purpose of the timing is to give the general assembly time to deal with it. It's about whatever is the emergent thing and at what point is it no longer an emergency.

I don't think general assembly has to get involved to handle a natural disaster, for example. Handling natural disasters is clearly an executive branch function. But in terms of using emergency power to handle it, at some point a natural disaster ceases to be an emergency. At that point, if the governor lacks the power outside of emergencies, the legislature needs to step in. So if it's having access to funding to deal with the disaster, legislature would have to appropriate it.

EO's to mandate shutdowns should certainly not be indefinite. The governor should not have the authority to renew it beyond the time limit for emergencies, at least without the legislature's okey-dokey. And then they're on the hook with voters too. Not that it mattered.

I think 30 days is more than adequate for any "emergency". As you've said, beyond that, it's no longer an emergency. It's a persistent problem that should be addressed by the legislature.

Covid is not an emergency now, nor should it have been back at the beginning, at least not past the first month or two when we really didn't know much about it. It's the freaking flu FFS. Deal with it like we've dealt with the flu forever. Rest, fluids, chicken soup, stay home if you're sick, whatever.

 

[MCgrease08]

So who wants to vote Bobzilla for senate 2024?

I wrote in my own name rather than voting for Todd Young last time. But I was told that would be throwing my vote away and would cause the democrat to win.

 

[bobzilla]

I wrote in my own name rather than voting for Todd Young last time. But I was told that would be throwing my vote away and would cause the democrat to win.

At this point is there really a difference?

 

[oze]

John Rust files lawsuit to face US Rep. Jim Banks in Senate primary in Indiana

John Rust says a state law preventing him from running as a Republican is vague and unconstitutional.

www.indystar.com

Can you change this rule for my convenience?

 

[jamil]

I wrote in my own name rather than voting for Todd Young last time. But I was told that would be throwing my vote away and would cause the democrat to win.

You naughty man. Because of you we came THAT close to having a Democrat!