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Friday, April 18, 2008
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I agree. End it now.
posted by
Dookie The Webmaster
6:21 AM
Dean: I need a decision 'now'
An increasingly firm Howard Dean told CNN again Thursday that he needs superdelegates to say who they're for - and "I need them to say who they're for starting now."
"We cannot give up two or three months of active campaigning and healing time," the Democratic National Committee Chairman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "We've got to know who our nominee is."
After facing criticism for a mostly hands-off leadership style during much of the primary season, Dean has been steadily raising the rhetorical pressure on superdelegates. He said Thursday that roughly 65 percent of them have made their preference plain, but that more than 300 have yet to make up their minds.
Arrrgh!
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I'm not sure rushing people for the sake of having an "answer" is the right thing to do. The real problem is that the nomination process in this country is pure insanity. If I had the power to change it, I would.
1) At the Presidential level, there should be no party affiliations. The leader of an entire nation should not be beholden to the ideals of one group of people.
2) A national primary week. Every eligible voter gets the opportunity to vote during that week for the person they believe should be President. The top x number of candidates would be the final candidates. There are no competing processes by state (caucuses, party voting, etc.).
3) Campaigning is limited to three months before the primary, then three months before the general election. All campaigns are publicly funded and all candidates are given an equal amount.
4) Debates are to be moderated by non-partisan committees (League of Women Voters, etc.) and aired on public television and radio stations, whose main concerns aren't ratings.
5) No such thing as super-delegates. No one person's vote counts more than another's. Those people have the same opportunity to vote in the primary and general election as Joe Schmo down the street.
Indecision isn't the problem here, it's the drawn out process they've put in place. Perhaps after this debacle, they'll realize changes need to be made. I don't blame the candidates at all - they're playing the game they way it was structured for them. Same with voters and super-delegates.
I'd also do away with the party conventions. No party affiliations, no need for conventions. They're just a way for people to grandstand, anyway. They no longer serve the purpose they were intended for. I mean, who really watches that crap anyway and what do they get out of it?
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And one more thing.... the abolishment of the electoral college.
Then we'd have a real democracy.
Jenna...your right on the money or as you put it the lack of it to control elections!
Bravo!!!
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