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In this Sunday’s Free Press, Ron Dzwonkowski writes about
our totally dysfunctional nominating system for the highest office in the land.
I still don’t quite understand how a bunch of yahoos in Iowa
get to name who runs for president and they are a bunch of farmers to boot with
totally different political priorities than lets say states with factory jobs,
etc.
Tim Pawlenty had to bow out of the race due to third place
in a “straw” vote? Michelle Bachmann got a boost in Iowa
Rick Perry also got an instant rush to first place because
of Iowa
This is total bullshit and I know it has everything to do
about politics and money and politics but for the good of the country, the
political parties need to change the way candidates are selected.
Dzwonkowski writes about an organization called AMERICANS
ELECT which is pushing for a different process of selecting candidates using
the internet. Their rules state that a candidate for the presidency must have a
VP running mate from another party…no full party ticket?
I am not sure if this alternative process will not just be a
third party and be a spoiler in any election which sometimes allows “bad”
candidates to win.
I hope individual states will be able to set their own
primary dates and candidates will have to appeal to states with the largest
population first instead of a bunch of yahoos in Iowa
I think voters need to get vocal about this issue so in the
next election, Iowa
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