[EM] LA Times article

[Brian Olson]

Here's a sample of what the rest of the world is hearing about  
proportional representation and other election methods.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-voting25dec25,1,404720.story

This little bit got me really annoyed:

> Bob Mulholland, political director for the California Democratic  
> Party, said cities and counties ought to be free to choose whatever  
> voting system they like.
>
> But he called the notion of using proportional representation for  
> legislative or congressional seats "cockamamie" and "contradictory  
> to a democratic system."
>
> "The Democratic Party wants to help the middle class and working  
> poor, and the way we do it is by being in office," Mulholland said,  
> "and that damned idea would only hurt that, because people with  
> little following would start being elected."
>
> Mulholland also said the system would confuse voters, in the ballot  
> box and afterward.
>
> "I just like a clear choice," he said. "You go into the booth in  
> November, Democrat and Republican, and whoever is the winner is the  
> real winner."