A BETTER SYSTEM FOR PICKING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Michael Barone)

Human Events ^ | 7/19/2013 | Michael Barone

[neverdem]

A Republican Nomination Process

[nathanbedford]

As a conservative I wonder whether the Republicans' problem is procedural or testicular?

[molson209]

Security Clearance should be Number One

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

• Primaries should be funded by the political parties having the primaries, not taxpayers.
• It goes without saying that Voter ID must be uniform and mandatory.
• Primaries should be held in all states.
• The order should be the order in which they joined the Union.
• The number of delegates should equal the total of US Reps and Senators for each state.
• Debates should be voluntary, not mandatory as suggested above.
• The runoff idea should be dispensed with.

Keeping the rules simple makes them easier to scrutinize, and additional layers of complexity favor wheeler-dealings.

[Scrambler Bob]

You can pick the President,

and you can pick your nose,

... but you can’t pick the President’s nose.

[null and void]

Say, didn't

have one of those?

[mrsmith]

“They agree that local parties are “no longer a locus of political power or influence” and blame the Democratic reforms starting in the 1960s.
I would argue that local and state parties were already on life support, which is why they were so easily brushed aside.”

The rise of our national TV media oligarchy “the predatory oligarchic power associated with the media” (Dominique Venner) is the most ignored event in history.

[DustyMoment]

The current process does not ensure that the best candidates will run or be selected. When we have a complicit and manipulative press who will say/print anything to torpedo a candidate they don’t like or fear (Sarah comes to mind) without fear of retribution, the system is inherently flawed and dishonest (witness Obama).

Then, we have the endless primary process and power hungry politicians who will certify a candidate as being eligible to be POTUS without actually verifying that they are (again, Obama comes to mind). Obama was certified by SanFranNan Pelousy and Howwwww - EE-yah Dean). Given how party politics plays into selecting and certifying a given candidate, the certification process should consist of 1)the political party chairman, 2) the Speaker of the House, 3) the Senate Majority Leader and, finally, 4) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

With these 4 people involved in the certification process, hopefully, another fraud like Obama will never be certified. However, when it comes to politics and politicians, nothing is foolproof. They will always find a way to slither and slime their way around any safeguard.

[Theodore R.]

What we need is a Republican primary electorate with a sense of purpose, duty, mission, and common sense. Instead we have willful “yes-men” who stick repeatedly with “friendly incumbents” of whom they have heard their names.

[D Rider]

You can pick the President, and you can pick your nose, ... but you can’t pick the President’s nose.

You seriously had to go there? lol

[Nifster]

and you have cause to wonder

[TChad]

This should get serious consideration. We’re doing it wrong.

[Kit cat]

“As a conservative I wonder whether the Republicans’ problem is procedural or testicular”

I would definitely say testicular!!!! Our government has become nothing
more than all of them wanting to remain in office. It is no longer about
representing the people, our founding fathers are turning in their graves
with this BLOATED government!! Founding fathers gave us an amazing
document to save us from tyrannical leaders and it has been S#%T all
over, we all get what we deserve!! We the people LET this happen we
were all sleeping and did not stand up!!! People voting today are illiterate
what the HELL can we do about that!

[Benito Cereno]

I hada lib friend in law school who was an advocate of election by lottery. I scoffed at the time, but given what we’ve gotten in the last 25 years I’m beginning to wonder.

[sefarkas]

Too much focus on who is POTUS. I’d take both houses of Congress in good conservative hands any day over having my favorite in the White House.

[Vendome]

Skip that.

Current system works fine.

Idea sell and the next guy better be an idea man.

[Vendome]

Then you would end up with the current mayor of Oakland, CA.

[onyx]

Start with VOTER ID!

[nathanbedford]

what the HELL can we do about that

I say put the felines in charge and let them have a chance.:-)

[Impy]

One thing is certain, the current system sucks.