[palmer]

I sent a chunk of money to Herman Cain after the first Politico attack. After weeks of daily "news" stories by Politico we lost him on an alleged affair that would have been advertised as redemption had Clinton done it. I think we can do a little better than Cain, but not much better. I suppose it was better to have those stories come up in the primary than n the general in that particular case.

I mildly criticized a Perry speech (the only one I watched in entirety) but then it was pointed out it was in front of union members and he had to tiptoe. In hindsight, I think he should have been more forceful in that speech (and maybe others).

I was a out-of-state supporter of Santorum in his Senate race. I had no criticisms of the other candidates except the ones I ignored like Huntsman. But there is a huge problem of letting the media definitions of candidates leak over into this forum and other serious debates. I think the biggest problem is that the primary process is way too long and gives the media too much power.

[Norm Lenhart]

And wide open.

The only logical conclusion for an open primary in party politics is to ultimately create one party. Open primaries defeat the purpose of a ‘having’ political party by definition.