scripsit Tom: > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:32:15PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > > > a system (I did the math a while ago) we'd have a small but nonzero > > number of (at least) Greens and Libertarians in the House, even with > > There is 1 independent Senator and 1 independent Congressman (what's the > generic term for member of House? Representative?), so it's already > "nonzero".
The senator was elected as a Republican, though, and bolted, IIRC. I was aware of the indepentents; `nonzero' referred to members of organized `third' parties, which could run party lists under a Scottish-style system. AFAIK there are no party members in the Congress that are not Democrats or Republicans. > I want to be a Whig. Anarcho-syndicalist, myself... Well, maybe not really, but it sounds cooler than whig. ˇNo pasarán! We should really take this off-list, BTW... -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
