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To: LexBaird
I think the States should be divided into 5 regions of 10 states each. On ten consecutive Tuesdays, starting the first one in February, one state in each region holds a primary. The order of the states within each region is randomly chosen each primary season.

That's not a bad solution. It would certainly correct the skewed influence of Iowa and New Hampshire. Reminds me of an old joke: A reporter asks a New Hampshire resident which candidate he supports for president. He answers, "Well, I suppose I can't rightly say. I haven't even met some of them yet."

47 posted on 09/02/2007 8:48:17 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

The best thing of all is that it would screw over the professional pundits and “advisors” who are hyperspecialized at winning three or four specific states. Whatever would they do without “conventional received wisdom” to cling to. Imagine if Alaska, Maine, Wisconson, Louisiana, and West Virginia were suddenly the first to vote. Or NY, CA, TX, MI, and VA.


49 posted on 09/02/2007 9:00:26 PM PDT by LexBaird (Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
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