Posted on 02/19/2020 7:20:42 AM PST by maggief
The Washington Post is taking criticism for an op-ed published Tuesday by Marquette University political science professor Julia Azari, titled: “It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.”
Citing the “rocky start” to the Democratic Party’s presidential primary, Azari suggests that the process of choosing the nominee be taken from the people and returned to the politicians:
The current process is clearly flawed, but what would be better? … A better primary system would empower elites to bargain and make decisions, instructed by voters.
One lesson from the 2020 and 2016 election cycles is that a lot of candidates, many of whom are highly qualified and attract substantial followings, will inevitably enter the race. The system as it works now — with a long informal primary, lots of attention to early contests and sequential primary season that unfolds over several months — is great at testing candidates to see whether they have the skills to run for president. What it’s not great at is choosing among the many candidates who clear that bar, or bringing their different ideological factions together, or reconciling competing priorities. A process in which intermediate representatives — elected delegates who understand the priorities of their constituents — can bargain without being bound to specific candidates might actually produce nominees that better reflect what voters want.
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Yeah! That popular vote thingy is so declasse’!
The America-hating commies cannot win ANYTHING straight-up so they always want to change the rules...move the goal posts...taint the game in THEIR FAVOR....
Tell them to just go away.
You mean.. Like.. Super Delegates?
i.e. give the rubes lip service.
Say wut? Oh, DUH! I musta forgot that since they’s elite they must be much more smarterer than us blue collar read neck knee ander thalls. Human nature that sooner or later, some assclown knows better than anybody else and sways some fidiots to follow him/her.
I believe that if you pay no Federal income taxes, you should have no vote.
I would go the other direction - I say we deplorables get to choose our elite...
It should be apparent to anyone with a brain that the present system for winnowing the field doesn't work (If you define "work" as producing the best candidates).
What's wrong with letting the parties pick the candidates and let the people decide who wins? I can't think of a system that would produce worse candidates than we've been getting for the last 20 years or more.
Yes, voting is racist or causes global warming or something..................
Anyone who has won a Grammy or Oscar should get 10 votes, anyone on CNN or MSNBC should be 100, and anyone named Clinton or Obama should be 1000. That’s about what they want.
“It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.”
Citing the “rocky start” to the Democratic Party’s presidential primary, Azari suggests that the process of choosing the nominee be taken from the people and returned to the politicians:
The current process is clearly flawed, but what would be better? … A better primary system would empower elites to bargain and make decisions, instructed by voters.
The elite Dems should just follow the advice on my tagline!
Democrats: back to smoke-filled rooms. Minus the smoke.
I guess many of the superdelegates are Dem elected officials, like Congress critters. If Bloomie funds their races and buys them off (like Hilly did) they will CERTAINLY sell out and pledge support to him. This is beginning to look like the outcome at the brokered convention is Mini-Mike is chosen. But first, Mike needs some delegates, he needs to totally knock off Biden which should be easy. If Bernie has more delegates going into the convention an mike gets the nod, I am quite certain this time around the Bernie cult supporters will stay home. That margin will help Trump.
What are you saying, Azari? Politicians aren't people?
And what kind of name is Azari?
What happened to the vaunted “popular vote”?
We don’t want upstart rank and file voters getting ideas...
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