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2012 Mitt Romney Will Be Declared President of Nevada Today
Posted by Paul Constant on Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Nevada is caucusing right now. Mitt Romney will win—Twitter is awash with reports of people saying they like that he has grandkids and that he's been married to the same woman for decades, not to mention the fact that 86% of all Republican Mormons in Nevada are behind him—but there's a little drama about second place. If Newt Gingrich nabs second, he can probably turn that into a little bit of momentum through the next cluster of states. And if Ron Paul comes in below Gingrich, his "just-the-caucus-states" strategy will look pretty silly. We'll be live-Slogging the results right on this here blogginating machine starting at 5 pm Seattle time.
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Why oh why does this have to last until July? 7 fraking months is way too long. Wish all of the states could have their primary voting done in like 2 or 3 months.
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@1 In all seriousness, does anyone have a strong argument for the primaries to go faster? I've never given it much thought but is our democracy better or worse for a primary process to be longer or shorter?
..and, for purposes of discussion - should anyone engage - let's define the' primary period' as the time between the first caucus or primary and the last. Is it too long, or too short, or just swell?
..and, for purposes of discussion - should anyone engage - let's define the' primary period' as the time between the first caucus or primary and the last. Is it too long, or too short, or just swell?
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I think the total time from the first primary to the general election should be two months or less. Running an ad that mentions a candidate's name before August should earn him a fifty-million-dollar fine. The long campaign adds nothing to anyone's understanding of the issues or the candidates.
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Look at any other democracy. The race for prime minister in Canada or England, for example, lasts only couple of months from beginning to end. Granted, theirs is a parliamentary system which is a bit different than ours in the US, but our year-long presidential campaign is crazy.
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Hmmm...
...two months seems impracticly condensed.
How about a process of simple exponential growth? Start with 1 state, then add 2, then add 4... 8, 16, then the rest. Done in 6 rounds. .. ..maybe 6 - 12 weeks...
Start small to let smaller fund candidates have a fighting chance. Grow fast for expediency.
Also, each round of states, is to be stirred up from time to time. I see no added value to the process having the same states follow the same sequence with every election cycle.
There, I cured it.
...two months seems impracticly condensed.
How about a process of simple exponential growth? Start with 1 state, then add 2, then add 4... 8, 16, then the rest. Done in 6 rounds. .. ..maybe 6 - 12 weeks...
Start small to let smaller fund candidates have a fighting chance. Grow fast for expediency.
Also, each round of states, is to be stirred up from time to time. I see no added value to the process having the same states follow the same sequence with every election cycle.
There, I cured it.
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And if Ron Paul comes in below Gingrich, his "just-the-caucus-states" strategy will look pretty silly.
Ron Paul should pray that most of America remembers him as merely silly, after all that's been unearthed about his past during this campaign.
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