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| Democrats consider rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic |
| 2005-05-15 |
| From FoxNews: Democrats, looking to reverse their fortunes after two straight White House defeats, met Saturday to hear competing proposals to revamp the election calendar used to choose a presidential nominee every four years. The three major proposals would focus on regional primaries. Two of those proposals would allow Iowa and New Hampshire to retain their leadoff roles in the candidate selection process. A third plan, offered by Michigan Democrats, would create a rotating series of six regional primaries. A different region would launch each presidential nominating season. *snip* Yeah, that's the ticket. Go for it! Apparently there's a 2-for-1 special on deck chairs at Bloomingdales.... ;-p |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #3 That's a fine and good idea Anony, has long has it starts in Iowa and New Hampshire. /it all we got and the motels are cheap |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-15 20:10 |
| #2 Actually, this is probably a more sane way to do things, if the Republicans would agree to do the same. It galls to have some pissant small State determine who the major candidates are going to be, sucking down vast amounts of money for what amounts to a "moral" victory. A rotating regional primary would both be powerful enough to matter, too important to ignore, and let the candidates limit themselves to a 10-or-so State junket at a time. They could really hobnob in each State and even have time for primary debates in two or three. Also, by rotating which region kicked it off would help insure that State parties would periodically get "refreshed" by their national, along with their congressmen and senators. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-15 19:39 |
| #1 lovely. I hope they have a nice time trying to convince the "grass roots" to STFU |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-15 18:48 |