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I think you’ll find there is overall general support for it. I’ve had a number of discussions and heard many negative comments about the whole platform process. I believe we’d get better convention attendance as well because people don’t want to be there for 12 hours.

How to get it done is the issue. With the planks starting at caucus and moving up the ladder after each level once the platform committee sorts them out, the problem becomes how to insert a statement of principles and getting it voted in while getting all the planks thrown aside.

It would seem the best place to do this would be at district conventions, as there are only 4 v. 99 county conventions and 1778 or so precinct caucuses. It would probably require a Roberts Rules maneuver on the floor at the right time, probably after the district platform committee gives it’s report and before you start going thru and voting on planks.

I do know in the 2nd in ‘10 there was a move to adopt the planks as written that passed, right after the platform committee report I believe, that avoided the whole process. It would seem that maybe the approach is to reject the platform committee’s report by a vote and insert the statement of principles right after.

Talk to a parliamentarian maybe if you know one who’s been to conventions. They may be able to tell you how to approach it.