Democrats Primary Calendar Chaos Extravaganza!

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What does it all mean?

It means I'm voting Republican out of spite.

Vote for Gravel!

Why does Michigan get to unilaterally decide it gets to be one of the first nominating states?

I call it "self-determination".

Do the Democrats choosing to ignore Michigan view them as being not important to their being selected?

To be perfectly honest, I think the system we have now is broken, but I'll be damned if someone tells me when and how I'm going to vote, especially not in favor of someone else.

Why does Iowa? Why does anyone?

You mean like Republican candidates not turning up to a debate because the crowd is black?

It's retarded. It's Iowa and New Hampshire continuing to throw around way more weight than they deserve. Anything that breaks their hold on exclusively choosing the nominees from the two parties I'm in favor of.

I wouldn't mind if all the states held their nominations on the same day. Of course, that means that all the little states will get ignored and the candidates will only campaign in the big states. Either way, certain states voices will be drowned out.

There is no "Michigan" in the word "Teamwork"...

Michigan should move it back to January 29 so it coincides with Florida's. Then you would have two large states on the same day. Not like it matters, Clinton will be the nominee.

Parties are ridiculous. This is just another example.

I think these states should abolish the Democratic Party within their borders.

Similar, but entirely different. We are talking primaries versus debates. I think the Republicans should've shown up for the debates as well. I also think the Democrats should debate on Fox as well rather than hiding.

I would personally enjoy seeing all the primaries held on the same day. It would be fun to watch the politicians scrambling trying to figure out how to most effectively pander to the entire country at one time on one day.

This is yet one more reason we should have a national primary in February or March of the election year.

So what's the solution?

I like the idea someone had a while back (not sure if it was in an article or if it was from here):

Have four "regional" primaries (about 12-13 states each) staggered a month apart. Rotate the regions every election year so that each region gets to go first once every four presidential elections.

I could settle for that if we couldn't get all the states to agree on a single day.

The problem with having all the primaries on a single day is it requires candidates to campaign in too many states at once. It's hard enough to do once you have the national backing of one of the major parties, but a national primary would basically mean that no "dark horses" could ever hope to do anything. The scheme Chuck suggests would be a good compromise between that and the current chaos. (No offense to O2C or CD...)

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Oh, I know and understand that it requires the candidates to campaign in many states at once. That is what I like about it. Might as well have them do something noteworthy since they all tend to be do nothing blowhards once they win the nominations.

Hey, now that actually sounds like a good idea. I think all the primaries on 1 day is a very bad idea, as only the big states will be paid attention to. By regionalizing it, however, not only would all the states get attention, it would make it easier for the candidates to campaign.

Hmmm. Since the winner of the primary gets, let's see, zero delegates — then yes, the primary is in violation of the DNC rules.

As for the system, I'd like to see it broken down into a series of weekly contests over 10 weeks, with states grouped by region. Having monthly primaries takes the flow and momentum out of the race — and makes it easier for candidates to play it safe. It's more grueling to do it this way (obviously, the 10 state groups would be rotated each election for fairness sake).

Do you just make this shit up as you go along or what?

Oh I like!

(outta rep)

From the Editorial staff of the Detroit News:

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And then this from Duncan Hunter (R-California):

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Yeah. I've been a lifelong Democrat, but there's no way in Hell I'm voting for anyone who says "fuck you" to my face. If I keep hearing things like this from the GOP, I know how I'm voting next November.

It still boggles my mind how stupid the democrats are. This state is ranked 8th in population and represents 17 electoral votes.

Good luck Demotards, you'll need it.

Sorry, that was a bit of a joke. My apology for it not being a better one.

A few Republicans turned out to that debate- Ron Paul was one of them.