new sheriff in town

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Most cable is in theory exempt, but no one's ever pushed the issue for the courts to rule one way or the other. From here:



Realistically, Comedy Central will be just fine. A lot of people still consider the whole thing a joke, and no one expects him to win one way or the other.

The really interesting thing is what it's exposed about the way the two parties work. For instance, to get on the primary ballot in SC as a Republican, there's a mandatory $25,000 fee. For the Democratic primary, the fee is only $2,500 or 3000 signatures from SC residents. Also, a Republican candidate has to win a plurality in a given district to actually have any delegates at the Rep. National Convention, whereas the Democratic candidates spread their delegates by more direct voting percentages, meaning he only has to get 15% of the vote in any particular district in order to take a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. But the Democrats have said he may not run as a Dem if he's also running as a Rep, while the Reps don't seem to have such a rule.

Very interesting.

I don't have cable, so I haven't caught any of this on tv. Did he go over these details on his show, or are you learning this somewhere else?