| mrstickball said: FYI: The Republicans just changed the way they elect their presidential nominee in a pretty major overhaul. It is designed to promote more grassroots politicians vs. the ones we've been getting. Essentially, they are moving the primaries that were in January to February, to force politicians to actually have a real campaign vs. winning in NH or Iowa, and carrying the rest. Had this new system of been established prior to the '08 election, from my understanding, Ron Paul would have been the nominee and not McCain. Smoke that in your pipes Mr. 'the Republicans can't pick someone smart'. |
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Iowa and New Hamsphire are what allow the grass-roots politicians to break in. Without them it'd just be a matter of who can generate the most hype in the big primaries. With Iowa and New Hamsphire you've got a chance to focus a small amount of resources at one point to show voters your capabilities, and early victories there can lead to donation momentum that would bring these outsiders up, once they've proven themselves as viable in a small-market test-run.
What you're advocating would be a bit more chaotic, and would discourage what you hope to achieve (Ron Paul performed better in the smaller markets at the beginning of the campaign anyway, but it didn't lead anywhere. Intra-partisan politics is about picking people who can better fit mainstream ideals, and Ron Paul was too far out for the Republicans to really fit. McCain was their best bet, since he had the image of being a centrist and a doer, as opposed to a partisan, while still retaining core values)
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
