Gautam wrote:
I note, in my occasional gesture at systemic reform, that the legendary "smoke-filled rooms" got us Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. Among others. The primary system got us...well, everyone since LBJ. Does this seem like an improvement to anyone? I give you Reagan as a success - it's unlikely that a non-primary system would have selected him. But other than that?
This may, actually, explain the generally greater success of Republican Presidential candidates. They are nominated by a more elite-driven electorate than their Democratic counterparts, so they tend to be more like the "smoke-filled rooms" than their opposite numbers.
I agree. The primary system sucks and it elongates the process. Dump it.
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