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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (682480)5/17/2005 4:09:53 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Amazing how that article goes on and on, and yet never once manages to compare apples to apples, oranges to oranges.

Might be interesting (since Clinton served two full terms, and Bush is not yet half-way through his second term... so their time spent in the office is not yet equal, but will be before long) to compare apples to apples and see where they both are in nominee approval ratios.

I'd suggest:

1) Compare first terms to first terms. (What percent of the nominees each formally sent over for Senate approval were ultimately approved in their first full terms?)

2) Perform the same analysis with ALL the data that is thus far available (realizing of course that Bush II has more time yet to run, so the numbers for him will certainly change), ie, what was the percent approval rate for all the court nominees Clinton sent over during his full 8 years, and what is the percent thus far over all the time Bush II has been in office?

(I think you'll find that the approval rates are very very close for each... with the 'edge' to Bush II thus far.)

PS --- if you'd like to increase the political power for majorities over minorities, why mess around with small changes?

Why not push for majority-rules Democracy in a big way?

You could always change the Constitution so that SENATORS ARE APPORTIONED ACCORDING TO POPULATION --- just like the Representatives are in the House.

(I guess you could start with automatically giving the SMALLEST POPULATION State just *one* Senator. So, that would be the baseline threshold for apportioning Senators. Then divide by that number to see how many Senators more populous States get.)

That would REALLY increase Majoritarian powers in the Senate!
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