You know that this current practice of people nominating themselves to run for president based on a PR campaign is fraught with peril of leading to dictatorship. I think we should go back to party conventions and platforms. In addition to popularity then we would have the benefit of the opinion of those wh actually know a man and also the ability to extract pledges to uphold the platform. Shockingly, the Dems have been stuck with 2 candidates in a row that his colleagues in the senate disliked. That is nuts.
You have a good point.