On Redistricting: Good Intentions Are Not Enough
From Third and State, July 15, 2018 The first rule of politics, like that of medicine, is do no harm. And the intention to do no harm is not enough, you need a strategy to ensure that your actions actually avoid doing harm directly or indirectly. Once again, Fair Districts PA (FDPA) and March on Harrisburg, in two separate ways, are potentially doing harm to our political system in Pennsylvania. FDPA and March on Harrisburg have been protesting Governor Wolf, demanding that he call the PA General Assembly back for a special session to pass a redistricting constitutional amendment before the clock runs out sometime this month. I will point out in a moment that the focus on Governor Wolf is misplaced and potentially dangerous. But the deeper problem is that calling the General Assembly back into session makes no sense if you don’t have a reasonable goal for them… Continue reading