Comments on: Primary Pendemonium http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Funky Dung http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-44806 Funky Dung Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:14:44 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-44806 My primary beef (har har) with primaries is that by the time PA has them, all of the good candidates (if there were any to start with) have already bowed out. By: Funky Dung http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-44805 Funky Dung Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:12:25 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-44805 <blockquote>"guarantee that no one is elected other than a celebrity or the pick of the establishment"</blockquote>And that's different from the current system how? <blockquote>"As I see it the best system would be to split the country into a handful of regions, and have primaries in each a week or two apart and cycle the order that they happen each election. That way you avoid the problem that a single day primary tends to favor party insiders and big fund raisers, but you also stop inexplicably giving Iowa and New Hampshire hugely disproportionate political power."</blockquote>That seems like a very reasonable solution. Adam, do you concur? "guarantee that no one is elected other than a celebrity or the pick of the establishment"And that's different from the current system how?

"As I see it the best system would be to split the country into a handful of regions, and have primaries in each a week or two apart and cycle the order that they happen each election. That way you avoid the problem that a single day primary tends to favor party insiders and big fund raisers, but you also stop inexplicably giving Iowa and New Hampshire hugely disproportionate political power."
That seems like a very reasonable solution. Adam, do you concur?]]> By: Steve Nicoloso http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43992 Steve Nicoloso Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:44:03 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43992 As much as I am loathe to agree with John about anything ;-), I think he's about right here. A single day nationwide primary would grossly favor the biggest fundraisers, which is the exact opposite of what any sensible person would want. Splitting the country up into ten or twelve rotating regions having primaries every two weeks or so, that seems sensible and fair. It awards favor to a particular region in a particular year, but never the same region twice in a row. Once they've gone first, they go to the end of the line. By: John http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43225 John Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:29:17 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43225 As I see it the best system would be to split the country into a handful of regions, and have primaries in each a week or two apart and cycle the order that they happen each election. That way you avoid the problem that a single day primary tends to favor party insiders and big fund raisers, but you also stop inexplicably giving Iowa and New Hampshire hugely disproportionate political power. By: Advogado http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43098 Advogado Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:35:25 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-43098 Ever since 9 (giver or take) southern states jumped ahead of Wisconsin, which used to have the third primary after Iowa and New Hampshire, on Super Tuesday in 1988, we have gotten nothing but mediocre to bad presidential nominees out of the primaries. Any reorganization needs to return Wisconsin to the third primary or the solution will be unsatisfactory and ineffective By: Adam Graham http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-42857 Adam Graham Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:33:51 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2620#comment-42857 <blockquote>Maybe this childishness will result in all states holding primaries the same day.</blockquote> Yet, it'll be great to mess up the system beyond recognition and guarantee that no one is elected other than a celebrity or the pick of the establishment. On the bright side, everyone could go to the polls, equally uninformed. Maybe this childishness will result in all states holding primaries the same day.

Yet, it'll be great to mess up the system beyond recognition and guarantee that no one is elected other than a celebrity or the pick of the establishment. On the bright side, everyone could go to the polls, equally uninformed.]]>