Good news for GOP voters
September 28th 2011 18:40
This is a welcome change:
In 2008, my top two choices for the GOP nomination had dropped out before I ever got a chance to vote. I live in Georgia and we're in the middle of pack in terms of the order of the state primaries. My first choice dropped out because he didn't place first in any of the early states and, as a result, lost his donor base. Then, my second choice dropped out for the same reason. By the time I got to vote, the selection was severely limited. It's ridiculously unfair that a handful of early states are able have so much power over the choices in the later states' primaries. This year, it sounds like that may change.
Of course, if we would implement public financing of elections, the hyperactive reactions and fickleness of the big-money donors wouldn't have the impact that they do. In the meantime, though, it sounds like this policy change will provide a band-aid solution that will allow later states to choose from a fuller slate of candidates.
Don't look for a quick winner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. After watching Democrats successfully ride their historic primary battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama all the way to the White House in 2008, the Republicans quietly adopted a new rule designed to extend their nominating process this time around.
The rule limits the ability of candidates to win large numbers of delegates in early primaries and caucuses - those held before April - because delegates must be awarded in proportion to the votes a candidate receives.
The rule limits the ability of candidates to win large numbers of delegates in early primaries and caucuses - those held before April - because delegates must be awarded in proportion to the votes a candidate receives.
In 2008, my top two choices for the GOP nomination had dropped out before I ever got a chance to vote. I live in Georgia and we're in the middle of pack in terms of the order of the state primaries. My first choice dropped out because he didn't place first in any of the early states and, as a result, lost his donor base. Then, my second choice dropped out for the same reason. By the time I got to vote, the selection was severely limited. It's ridiculously unfair that a handful of early states are able have so much power over the choices in the later states' primaries. This year, it sounds like that may change.
Of course, if we would implement public financing of elections, the hyperactive reactions and fickleness of the big-money donors wouldn't have the impact that they do. In the meantime, though, it sounds like this policy change will provide a band-aid solution that will allow later states to choose from a fuller slate of candidates.
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