At 07:54 PM Saturday 11/18/2006, jdiebremse wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > Offered without much study, because it is 4AM and I'm only awake > because something at work is going rather badly, but while waiting > for something to deploy, I found this: > > http://www.govtrack.us/congress/spectrum.xpd > > Which, like the post last week, purports to show how liberal > or conservative are various members of Congress. > > This one still shows a great deal of division, but more overlap > in the middle, especially by Republicans in the Senate, Almost > no Democrats are shown to be much right of center, while a > handful of Republicans are shown in the middle of "Democratic" > territory. > > Interesting. He links to Poole as someone who "know[s] a lot more > about this than [he does]". I'm still shocked that people really had such a hard time believing that partisan divisions might actually mean something... particular in the current day and age.....
They do mean something. They tell you who to support without question and whose positions to oppose without question, regardless of the merits of said positions. IOW, if you ane an "R" you automatically oppose anything the "Ds" propose or support, regardless of whether you or the public thinks it's a good idea, and vice versa.
-- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
