On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:39:14AM -0600, William Robb wrote:
> 
> I think this is what has me confused.
> When we elect what passes for a government, Parliament is dissolved, the 
> campaigning runs for about a month, then we pick the least offensive option.
> I don't understand what the primarys are supposed to accomplish.

It's the stuff that is handled behind closed doors in party headquarters
in much of the rest of the western world - to choose who will be the party
candidate in the next election.

If the American system could be compressed into a few weeks, rather than
being spread out over more than a year, it would have a lot going for it.


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