the Game Changer

A corporate takeover of the US government has been a mere suspicion until now, for in the news cycle of early January comes a precise method for carrying out the plan.  Backstep a bit to the Republican nomination for President, Mitt Romney and the cascade of money; the carpet bombing of the public with false claims.  Romney was a vulture capitalist- one of the small army at war with US economy and US business, ripping apart companies and selling them of to the highest -usually foreign - bidder.  They have bankers and investment groups and are a new wave of economic drain; an activity that builds nothing, takes away everything and leaves the US economy worse off for everyone except the small group of vultures that feed on the events.

Now fast forward to the next election for President, and the Democrat nominee, will probably get many more votes than the pro-Corporation opponent, but the Democrat has no chance of winning.  Electoral votes are awarded on the basis of congressional districts. Congressional districts that have been carefully carved to be Republican.  Many more voters in the State and indeed the entire nation will not vote Republican but they will be carved into fewer electoral districts and fewer electoral votes will come.  The Constitution envisioned State-wide elections when assigning the role to Electors chosen on the basis of States which cannot be carved to favor one or the other Party any more than they are now--but districts, can be shaped and designed to include and exclude specific voter characteristics.  This is how we have a Republican Majority in the House that has a popularity in the range of 20%. This is how we will have a completely un- representative Presidency too.  The weakness in the system is the State- corporate money can buy local elections quite cheaply- it is the blind spot of the Democratic party in many key states, it is now the place where the Revolution will not be televised, where Corporate America becomes- the American government, and citizens become an unwanted nuisance.