TPM: “Four states down, and just two remain. Key Republican officials in Virginia, Ohio, Florida, and Michigan are coming out against a RNC-backed scheme to rig the electoral vote in Democratic-leaning states in order to boost Republican presidential candidates.… Continue reading
JS Online: “Gov. Scott Walker says he has a ‘real concern’ about a Republican idea to change the way the state awards its electoral votes, conceding the move could make Wisconsin irrelevant in presidential campaigns.”
No surprise.
Steve Benen: “There’s been some commentary of late that the fear of this scheme is excessive — Rick Hasen, I’m looking in your direction — and that Republicans almost certainly won’t follow through on this. We’ll find out… Continue reading
Slate has published my new commentary. It begins:
Sound the alarm! Democrats are on high alert! Josh Marshall calls it a big, big deal. Eric Kleefeld says if the blueprint were in place last November, the GOP would… Continue reading