Why Do We Have to Have Primaries?
First of all, if you are going to have a GOP or Democrat Primary, then you should have to be a member of that party to vote in it. It only makes sense. Let the Independents vote in the general, but lets not let them pick some other party’s nominee.
Second, why can’t the state parties pick their delegates and send send them to a convention in MARCH not late summer. Then the delegates can caucus and vote it out like they used to. let the parties put forth WHO THEY want, and then let the public decide. Let the parties decide who best represents what they want, who they think has the best chance to win, isnt that what parties were for in the first place?
If they want to test the waters with candidates, then have a big primary after Iowa, NH, and SC, and force the all but the top 2 to drop out. Face it , after the top 2 , the others are just getting in the way. Make deals like they used to to get guys and gals out of the way of ones who have a real chance. Thats what Politics is -making deals. Instead , now everyone thinks he has a shot. The reason you have guys waiting around till Feb 5, is they think they have a chance.
COME ON ! If you can’t win Votes in the Northeast, Midwest or the South, you really don’t have a shot do you?
It is clear that the GOP is fractured into several factions all with their own narrow interests. But if you want a guy who can win It’s John McCain. If you want a guy who matches your interest, there are 5 other guys, only one can beat Clinton or Obama. That’s John McCain, he is the voice of reason, character, and integrity, he has paid his dues , waited his turn, and his time has come. No one else has the experience, knows how to work with congress, terrorism, and the world, than John McCain. His wife is a postcard first lady, ( Rudy’s 3rd wife- no, Huckabee’s wife- no, ) and image means allot. You may not agree with everything he stands for , but at least he is consistent, and he is the most acceptable to the most people. He will keep the Supreme Court conservative. Its time we get this field whittled down, so we can have a clear choice, among guys who can ACTUALLY win.
[...] Johnny Miller Blog offers an articulate rationale for the abolition of presidential primaries (although I don’t agree with it) and also makes the case for McCain’s electability, relative to the other four top-tier candidates in Why Do We Have to Have Primaries? [...]