The primary system probably should be revamped but we have to be careful. If you put too many states together it would have the effect of eliminating low budget candidates. This time it would have been only McCain, Romney and Giuliani competing.
Reagan was nominated with the same system we have now. It knocks out the conservatives that are not acceptable to the country at large. That, at the expense of pure conservative or regional candidates.
So you’re saying the system worked, even if we ended up with a candidate that didn’t meet the ideological purity test?
Yep, I think the system works. Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina are representative states. A strong candidate has a chance, even with a limited budget. That was the rational behind McCain’s Straight Talk Express. It was low buck but drew attention. It worked.