I have an idea to resolve the Primary Schedule issue

[Trajan]

Keep the current schedule for non-presidential election years ....

THEN > Every 4 years during presidential elections: Place all the state's names into a hat, and draw names well in advance of the primary season, so all parties can plan ahead ....

I swear .... Politics isn't very different from running herd over a kindergarten class ... turn your head and they're stealing each other's lunch sandwiches ...

Just a thought ....

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

1. National Primary Day

..and on a Saturday or Sunday since people work.


The media will then have no time to skewer candidates like Howard Dean.

But I'll take a more compressed schedule for time being.

[yewberry]

2. Not until elections are publicly financed.

If we did a national primary without a major overhaul, we'd be assured that only the richest, most corporate candidates could compete in a national market.

But that takes time and the will to do it, and I'm not sure that politician or voters have the inclination to devote either.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

3. Possibly, but longer the media has to spin, the worse.

Peace.

[avrdream]

4. I like that idea.

Good thinking.

But don't change anything THIS cycle like California Repubs are trying to.

[Apollo11]

5. I like that idea!

I also like the idea of each state voting on a different day.

Or some kind of limit on how many States each week.

I also like the idea of voting on weekends.

Or letting people vote over a 2-day period.

The current system sucks (unless you are in Iowa or NH).