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Wicked Local Bring Democracy Back to Massachusetts Did you know that the Massachusetts House of Representatives is a uniquely undemocratic body, on par with 3 other states in this country for having the worst marks for transparency?   Did you know that too often brilliant legislation, addressing climate, voting rights, education, housing, and much more, never makes it out of committee, and we don’t know why because committee votes are not public?   Did you know that a roll call vote, (which takes 3 minutes) requires 16 legislators to request it?  (This is more than any other state of ...

Of the negative advertising. well, if you've seen it in the republican primaries, wait until the general election. you ain't seen nothing yet. i mean, essentially -- essentially we're losing our democracy. i don't want to be overly dramatic about it, but that is the only thing that i can say. we are -- we have to take our democracy back, lawrence. >> and colbert has handed the pac over to stewart so he can say that romney line, i have no control over this super pac. i mean, he's doing everything that highlights what's wrong with these super pacs. where do we begin to try to get control of this...

Republican primaries, wait until the general election. you ain't seen nothing yet. i mean, essentially -- essentially we're losing our democracy. i don't want to be overly dramatic about it, but that is the only thing that i can say. we are -- we have to take our democracy back, lawrence. >> and colbert has handed the pac over to stewart so he can say that romney line, i have no control over this super pac. i mean, he's doing everything that highlights what's wrong with these super pacs. where do we begin to try to get control of this? when you talk about taking the country back, how would you...