Posted on 03/12/2008 8:52:16 PM PDT by Christopher Schwinger
To the Leaders of the Republican National Committee and the Members of the State Legislature in the state of_________________:
We, the undersigned registered members of the Republican Party in the state of ____________________, hereby protest and reject the current and ongoing results of the 2008 Republican presidential primary selection process on the grounds that the incongruous methods, rules, and provisions set forth by the individual and various state Republican National Committee Leaders, and the members of the various State Legislatures, have failed to provide the members of the Republican Party across the nation with an effective primary election process, thwarted our objective to identify the candidate who is unifying choice of the majority of the members of the party, deprived the Republican Party of faithful representation in the up-coming general election, and has disenfranchised millions of voters in our state and across the nation.
As registered members of the Republican Party, we demand to be provided with an overall effective presidential primary election process regardless of where we live.
We call for a National Republican Primary Election be held in every state, across our nation on the same day before the general election in November.
We ask that the names of every willing candidate originally participating in the 2008 race be included on the ballot.
Too late for me to revolt. I already dropped out of the Republican Party.
Oops. I forgot about that, LOL.
The Republican Party offers me absolutely nothing.
I like primaries spread out over time, because it allows folks to take a closer look at candidates they might never have considered. I also like that some candidates drop out as time goes on. How about a primary system where the smallest 10 states vote in February, the next ten smallest in March, and so forth, with the biggest states thus having the benefit of all the campaigning done in the smaller states.
Moreover, I'm not sure what's so evil about a candidate who attracts Inds. and Dems. Electability is kinda important when selecting a candidate.
With respect to primaries, hopefully, some day you will.
I’m sure that you’ll like it when we go back to the smoke filled rooms then.
The biggest problem by far is the open primaries, not the date or the time between the different states.
I don't think enough people are concerned about the small details though.
"Bah, Senate, We want the White House" is too focused.
States do have the right to set the rules for their own primaries, but as we've seen this year, the national party also has the right to penalize states that violate the rules that they've set. The GOP should start penalizing states of their delegates if they have open primaries.
Welcome to FR. Pinging a couple of FRiends who will also be interested.
Yup.. Signed it.
No one really seems interested in running in a primary any of the bozo’s in Congress.
No. I contend we are already back to smoke filled rooms (see post #22):
How many people were involved in this agreement to allow Democrats and Independents to vote in a Republican primary?If you don't recognize that, so be it. (But I suggest you do a little research on the subject.)
Can’t you fight for both the legislature and presidency?
Right you are!
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