POLITICAL FIGHT CAGE

The presidential ring has now been converted into fight cage 1 of the 2016 political circus. Each party will take turns in the blood sport events to be held between now and the end of March.
But as the misdirected media attention continues to focus on the presidential caucuses/primaries most American have lost sight of the importance of the various other races that will be determined in the November election. No president elected can accomplished any of their political goals articulated in their campaign rhetoric without the cooperation of the congress. Most of the 435 voting members of the House will be running for re-election and approximately one third of the Senate (34 seats) will be contested in the November election.
At present the political dynamics are that as one party has the presidency the other party controls the Congress. No laws can be initiated, no budgets approved, no treaties approved, and no Supreme Court or other appointments made without confirmation by the Congress. This has not been lost by those who want to control the Congress and straitjacket our democracy. Hundreds of millions of dark dollars are finding their was into these and other down ticket campaigns. But it doesn’t end with congress, the “state czars of democracy” who I identified in a previous post are state constitutional officers. The governor and the secretary of state are equally important. In many cases these constitutional officers are gatekeepers of our democracy and republic. For example several secretaries of state have changed voting rules along with the state legislature and have inhibited voter rights and the ability to cast a vote. Governors are equally important. One governor effectively changed the water system in one of his cities which poisoned a whole city. Another had his PUC kill rooftop solar with a loss of thousands of jobs, a third has cut higher education budgets and so the story goes. But the ultimate power lies with the redistricting task that sets the voting stage for the next ten years in an act called gerrymandering which through drawing district lines to favor one party’s candidates over another .
It is imperative for every person living in the United States to become informed, educated on the election process. Know what the candidates stand for, use that information to to finance and vote for those candidates who support your issues of interest, thereby transforming the current party controlled representative government. Use the resources of the DOLLAR BILL BRIGADE.COM which provides this vital information in an easy to use format.