Whig Party Convention, Bird-in-Hand, PA

[Donerail]

What are our party's thoughts about a non-binding election pact with the Labor group? I, personally, think we should give, say, our 3rd of 4th preferences to a Labor candidate if they agree to do the same.

I say this as polls seem to show the Liberals winning a God-awful lot of At-Large seats.

Hey, I'm planning on preferencing Clarence and probably Hagrid, and I'm a whole lot closer to the Whigs than Labor is...

[Donerail]

Additionally, we should consider adding a plank to our platform which says that we are supportive of regional rights and as much independence of the regions from the federal government as possible.

How far does "as much as possible" go? Surely you're not thinking of making the regions completely independent?

No, that's not my intention. What I mean is that no new laws should be passed and no actions taken by the federal government that restrict our regions in any way. Rather, we should seek to find new ways to grant the regions more rights - but still within the federal state of Atlasia.

I agree. I plan to work on this issue as much as I can if I'm elected to the senate.

As shall I. Good to see the Whigs wholeheartedly endorsing our regions.

[Donerail]

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ZuWo, Pingvin, Jbrase, PiT, and I worked this arraignment out.

[Donerail]

I disapprove. Firstly, despite stating that the two parties are 'legal separate apparatus' etc, allowing Imperial Bloc members to stand for internal Whig Party offices just seems rather off. This effectively gives the Bloc a huge say, if they win a Whig Party position, in influencing nationwide policy, not just southern issues.

Just to address this right now (I had a big thing too, but ZuWo said it much better than what I had ), that's a provision I added in there when I remembered that Clarence had a leadership role in the Whig Party and wouldn't likely want to give that up (although the Bloc has a vacant Vice-Chairmanship ); if y'all want to toss it, it's pretty fine.

[Donerail]

I always support cooperation with the Bloc...I want to point out that I am a Whig, not Imperial Bloc- so I don't understand the "Clarence Clause" ;-)

Southern Whigs would join the Bloc, non-Southern IBers would join the Whigs (like how the CDU doesn't run against CSU candidates and vice-versa).

[Donerail]

I know it's stubborn, but if I become HagridOfTheDeep (IB-SC), I have left the Whigs. SJoyce, you know I love the IB... But I joined the Whigs because that's where I felt I belonged, and I don't want that to change. And other than the membership swaps, I don't really see what this proposition would actually do. TJ and clarence didn't always vote the same, so obviously caucusing together wouldn't really matter; and endorsements don't really matter much either, because people will support who they're going to support. Mechaman didn't vote for any Whig whatsoever!

So to me, this proposition basically reaffirms the status quo with the exception of forcing me to join another party.

[Donerail]

Another note: The IDS has in-region registration as well (we've got an Imperial Census bureau), so if the Southern Whigs join the IB they can still be a part of the Imperial Whig Party.

[Donerail]

Guys, are we going back to a two-party system?

Yes, Speaker Alfred F. Jones (Lab/Lib-NY), we are.

[Donerail]

Edit: The Whig Party is now tied with the Imperial Bloc for largest IDS Party. -claps-

The Imperial Bloc is the largest IDS party if you discount members of the Whig Party who have been banned. -claps-

[Donerail]

Edit: The Whig Party is now tied with the Imperial Bloc for largest IDS Party. -claps-

The Imperial Bloc is the largest IDS party if you discount members of the Whig Party who have been banned. -claps-

Who invited you to the party?

I was here when it started (since page 7)

[Donerail]

I urge all party members to vote NAY on this.....we cooperate with the Bloc and since this proposal was announced, both the Bloc and our own party have realized there are better ways to cooperate

Indeed; Clarence and I have been in talks about different ways of co-operation, so this is technically outdated.

[Donerail]

The Whig Party City Conference Ballot has resulted in Columbia, South Carolina being selected as the next Convention host city.

An excellent choice of region.

[Donerail]

Back our party members in the primary over members of other parties.

Need I point out the obvious issue with this? The issue being that you get stuff like this:

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