Gruss, you just described a American Idol - type presidential runoff. Not that it sounds that bad, mind you. If we made the election into a colossal TV event, imagine the voting turnout!
"Who's going to be the next President of the United States? Find out on Fox's "The American President" - hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Coming to a Fox affiliate near you in Fall 2008!" Ray Gruss Gott wrote: >>Jim wrote: >>I just don't see how any of this will allow a weak party to slowly gain >>power without taking power away from another and artificially empowering a >>third. >> > > > I guess my answer is that the solution I've proposed is > candidate-centric versus party-centric. So here's how it would work: > > (1.) A year before the final there'd be an application process that > would cull the ineligible. At this time you might want some type of > fundraising test like: raise $5 million that will be donated to the > "top 10" fund. This would ensure that only the most serious and > capable were allowed in. The cadidates could be from any party. > > (2.) 9 months before the final there'd be a "top 10" run off election. > The public would elect the top 10 cadidates from any party. At this > point all of the public money and management would take over. > Debates, rallys, trips, etc. > > (3.) 6 months before the final a second "top 5" election would take place. > > (4.) 3 months prior, a "top 3" election would take place and the > candidates would choose their running mates. Keep in mind any > candidate from any party is eligible and they all get equal money. > Anybody could buy ads or TV time, but they couldn't coordinate with > the campaigns and the media would be disclaimed by FactCheck.org or > similar. > > (5.) Election night would be a majority take all. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158598 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
