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To: Dale Baker who wrote (61265)	4/23/2008 11:17:57 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542152

>>I'll keep beating the drum for my four monthly regional primaries, with the order rotated every time.<< Dale - It's a damned fine idea. I would support it wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, you'd have to get the support of most of the 100 separate state party machines to make it happen. What do you suppose the chances of that are? - Allen

To: Dale Baker who wrote (61265)	4/23/2008 11:31:22 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542152

four monthly regional primaries, with the order rotated every time. That's a good idea, but I would structure it differently. I would section the states off in blocks based on the electoral college. I would let the smaller states go first every time, then the next biggest, the next, and finally the largest. In a rotational scheme you would periodically have big states deciding the issue before the small states had a chance. winning a tough razor-thin election doesn't guarantee we will get a successful president. Just shows who plays the dirtiest games the best. It means the losing side plays dirtier just to make failure more likely.