[mlangdon]

I know it's popular to suggest there are no differences between the two parties. Obviously, this is the case for some issues that many people here are passionate about (privacy, to an extent, foreign policy). However, I'll be pretty sad when there's a Republican president and a Republican FCC chair and these 3-2 votes start going the other way.

Here's one undeniable difference between the two parties.

[joelrunyon]

I'm confused about "parties" here. It seems all 5 current FCC members were appointed by BO.

http://www.fcc.gov/leadership

Am I missing something?

[vermontdevil]

Max of 3 can be of the same party as the president.

[joelrunyon]

Stuff like this makes me mad, because it seems to do more to reinforce the "2-party" system which automatically means that the "other" party is the "bad" party.

Not sure that not having it would be any better though.

[mlangdon]

Fair enough. I guess those will be 5-0 votes, given the response to all this from the hard right.