Dysfunctional Democrats - Duh
David Broder dazzles us with daily comments about Dysfunctional Democrats. Duh. The problem is not the schedule of primaries, it is the complete disconnection between the presidential and congressional selection systems.
In our party, we will only select a presidential candidate when we run candidates in the majority of house and senate races and these candidates will be the nominators. When they run for nomination, they will do so by endorsing a presidential candidate. Of course right now we don't have this embarrassement of riches. Eventually we will, as our candidates are not for sale and our plan will give the majority what it wants.
See our detailed plan for both presidential selection and campaign finance here.
In our party, we will only select a presidential candidate when we run candidates in the majority of house and senate races and these candidates will be the nominators. When they run for nomination, they will do so by endorsing a presidential candidate. Of course right now we don't have this embarrassement of riches. Eventually we will, as our candidates are not for sale and our plan will give the majority what it wants.
See our detailed plan for both presidential selection and campaign finance here.
posted by Michael Bindner at 10:18 PM
2 Comments:
Actually, David Broder is a putz. the Democrats are trying to bypass a "traditional" primary system that gives power to two very unrepresentative states. I am personally in favor of regional primaries, with the Northeast, then California, then the Upper Midwest, then the South, then finally the Plains, Pacific Northwest, Desert SOuthwest, Alaska and Hawaii. With television and the internet - plus serious campaign finance reform allowing candidates to air ads free of charge (as should be allowed by law, because the airwaves are public property rented by corporations) - personal appearances could be kept to a minimum. I think this descending order of importance due to population is important as well because it reflects certain realities that our current primary system denies. Again, however, I think it is years, if not decades away. Broder just doesn't like the Democrats, though, and he never has. I stopped taking him seriously back when he was kissing Ronald Reagan's toes.
I am not sure the Dems can get it done. They can't even do a primary for one of their bases by starting in DC.
I am in favor of a national primary, where your choice for Congress reflects your choice of President in the primary, which would have insurgent and popular Presidential candidates cleaning out the party deadwood and recruiting serious candidates in districts that are currently uncontested.
Thanks for making the leap over to my "other blog." See also the Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity blog, where I concentrate on economic issues.
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