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Democrats consider new presidential nominating process

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-06 13:19|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Forget the economy, 10.2 - 17% unemployment (depending on whom you ask) and the little people, we've got political self-preservation to be concerned about. See you at the Helix at 5:00!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-06 16:42|| 2009-12-06 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 How about letting me vote directly instead of through some tone-deaf representative?

Posted by gorb 2009-12-06 18:32|| 2009-12-06 18:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "a rare cycle of no apparent Democratic presidential nomination challenge"

Heh.

Posted by Clean Gene McCarthy 2009-12-06 19:06|| 2009-12-06 19:06|| Front Page Top

#4 re #3 - unless Hilary decides she's got a chance, resigns from State and mounts a challenge. That would put the Dems knickers in a twist.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-12-06 19:34|| 2009-12-06 19:34|| Front Page Top

#5 1 - there is no perfect solution. If there was, it would be in place already.

2 - the party being composed of several disparate special interests groups is unlikely to be free of some form of fudging by one group or another.

3 - as power keeps getting sucked into the Beltway, the state parties and primaries are going to be marginalized to the interests of the center of power. We already see this in 'party first, nation second'. They're stuck on, addicted to the money that Washington prints.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-12-06 19:34|| 2009-12-06 19:34|| Front Page Top

#6 The people have lost the parties confidence so the party will elect a new people.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-12-06 22:03|| 2009-12-06 22:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe they will follow the Republican model.

Not that it is much better. Anyone in the 'later' states pretty much get screwed. My primary vote was meaningless.

I think the *all* the primaries should be held on the exact same day. Why should New Hampshire and Iowa get months-on-end of coverage while later (larger) states get the crumbs - if that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-12-06 22:48|| 2009-12-06 22:48|| Front Page Top

#8 First, present birth cert.

Posted by KBK 2009-12-06 23:58|| 2009-12-06 23:58|| Front Page Top

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