Tag: Primaries
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Fixing the Presidential Primary System – Part 3
In the last two posts I’ve concentrated on the current proposals to remedy the problems with the Presidential Nominating process and the potential legal and constitutional challenges of implementing such remedies nationally. At the end of my last post I promised to include my solution. Since that time, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) introduced a constitutional…
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Primary Challenges: More and Better Democrats
Ed Note: Just so there’s no confusion, if you can’t see the button to the right of this post, let me express my unequivocal support for Steve Cohen’s campaign. The discussion that follows expresses my opinions on primary contests in general and is targeted at no specific candidate. Many moons ago, the folks over at…
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Fixing the Presidential Primary System – Part 2
In my last post I talked about some of the bills that have been introduced that attempt to address the mess that our Presidential nominating contests have become. All of these pieces of legislation would seek to federalize the system in one way or another standardizing the process. There is some question as to legality…
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Fixing the Presidential Primary System – Part 1
After spending my Saturday, transfixed by the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws committee, I have a new respect for the work the DNC and other parties engage in to make the process appear more seamless than it actually is to the normal folk out there. Apparently, things like timing and order are a big damn deal…
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They Did it to Themselves
Note: I wrote this on the 6th, but just got around to posting it. Early this morning (5am Mountain) I was awakened from my restful slumber by the racket of some CNN anchor raking DNC Chair Howard Dean over the coals for enforcing rules the state parties passed in regard to their presidential primaries/caucuses for…