Momentum Grows For A National Primary
February 28th, 2007 at 02:16pm Geraldine
The Hill is reporting that it seems quite likely that 20 states will hold a national primary on February 5. We’ve reported on the issues that this frontloading can cause before. There’s also a Bleeding Heartland post about possible alternatives to the entire primary system. With states all shifting their dates up, it will definitely make the caucuses more important. Unfortunately, it may also lead to the caucuses being held in 2007 too.
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1. Craig | February 28th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
The two major problems I have with a frontloaded process is that a) only those with massive stockpiles of money can truly compete in a national primary setup and b) it doesn’t provide enough time to properly vet a candidate.
In 2004, John Kerry essentially went from a middle of the pack also ran to the nominee in about two weeks. It became obvious much later that he was a completely ineffective candidate.
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