What throws me is that in Britain, the party leader is it’s presidential candidate.
In France it seems you step down as leader to run.
I’m in the dark on this as well.
It's Europe.
Not that big of a deal, I’m thinking. Let’s imagine that Reince Priebus was running for POTUS and got the nomination. Seems fairly reasonable to me that he would have resigned as GOP chair to do the full time candidate thing for the general election. They run things a little different in Europe, but this is not as important as it would be in a Parliamentary system like they have in Britain.
“I’m in the dark on this as well.”
Why?
Is Trump the head of the Republican Party? When Trump was running wasn’t Priebus the chairman?
And, was Hillary the head of the Democrat Party?
“What throws me is that in Britain, the party leader is it’s presidential candidate.”
In Britain it is a Prime Minister, not a president. And that is the significant factor. In a true Parliamentary system the Prime Minister (of Parliament) will indeed be, in almost all cases, the leader of the ruling party or coalition. Britain does not have a President. That’s why this situation in France does not bear resemblence to Britain.
In Britain the head of state is the Queen, and the evolved tradition is that she delegates most of her power to the Parliament.
“I’m in the dark on this as well.”
So are the French ...
Its France. Its what they do.