Robert Sheer Endorses No Competition in Legislative Races

Recently fired L.A. Times columnist Robert Scheer endorses uncompetitive elections.Here's the scary reason:

California represents the cutting edge of the nation, certainly in media, science and economic innovation, but also very much in its politics, which make the state's palpable energy possible.

That point was lost on all seven of the state's top daily newspapers, which endorsed the governor's plan to take the power to draw election districts away from the legislature, a move, like the previously successful term limits initiative, that only would make the lobbyists and their campaign contributions more important.

Because of "safe" or less contested races, legislators at least have the potential to pay attention to their constituents rather than to those who finance the hotly contested races.

It is not true, as the Los Angeles Times editorialized, that under the current system, "extremists reign," but rather that responsible legislators can focus on constituent needs rather than waging costly electoral battles financed by lobbyists.

Mayor Daley,Fidel Casto,and Kim Il Sung feel the same way.It's so much easier to believe in a monopoly of ideas.Robert Scheer isn't big on choice.