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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (274955)7/12/2015 9:53:26 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) of 541432
 
Good ol' Lindsey. On the one hand he gripes that "big states have an advantage versus small states,” but you won't hear a word about how IA, NH and SC have an absurdly outsized advantage in determining the eventual nominee. Nor will we hear a word about how these low population states have more electoral votes and more senators per capita than high population states, as if the opinions of the people in those states should count for more than the opinions of people in other states.


“Anybody with any celebrity would be in the debate. I think this is a dumb way to weed out the field. I don’t mind weeding out the field over time, but a national poll tests celebrity, big states have an advantage versus small states,” the South Carolina senator and presidential candidate said. “People who have run before have an advantage over those who haven’t.”

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“I would find a way for everybody who’s filed and has got a viable campaign to be on the stage, and after a couple of debates, you could start weeding people out. It’s not about me. It’s about destroying the early primary process of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina,” he said. “At the end of the day, you’re rewarding money and celebrity over the hard work in the early states.”

Read more: politico.com
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