October 15- Pet Peeve Monday - Accelerated Primary Schedule
This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) concerns the Presidential Primaries.
I was going to hold off on this PEEVE until later in the year, but MY PEEVE was accelerated much like the ACCELERATED PRIMARY SCHEDULE.
It is stupefying how the individual states are jockeying for importance by moving their primary or caucus dates earlier and earlier.
It is a sad statement that we will probably know who the two main candidates are after only three state contests: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
These three states account for only 2.9% of the general population and are not geographically representative of the growth areas of this country (South, Southwest, and West).
There is no way to regulate when someone begins campaigning for an office. One could argue that Bill Clinton started his “Road to the White House” when he chose his political (not marital) running mate in college.
It would be extremely interesting if two mavericks, so called idealistic candidates, would break with party loyalties and run together. A Fred Thompson / Barrack Obama ticket could be attractive to a large cross section of this country. It certainly would be more inclusive or less divisive than a general election campaign of Hillary Clinton against Rudy Giuliani.
Even a Representative Barney Frank (MA) / Senator Larry Craig (ID) is a ticket some people could get behind.
I was going to hold off on this PEEVE until later in the year, but MY PEEVE was accelerated much like the ACCELERATED PRIMARY SCHEDULE.
It is stupefying how the individual states are jockeying for importance by moving their primary or caucus dates earlier and earlier.
It is a sad statement that we will probably know who the two main candidates are after only three state contests: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
These three states account for only 2.9% of the general population and are not geographically representative of the growth areas of this country (South, Southwest, and West).
There is no way to regulate when someone begins campaigning for an office. One could argue that Bill Clinton started his “Road to the White House” when he chose his political (not marital) running mate in college.
It would be extremely interesting if two mavericks, so called idealistic candidates, would break with party loyalties and run together. A Fred Thompson / Barrack Obama ticket could be attractive to a large cross section of this country. It certainly would be more inclusive or less divisive than a general election campaign of Hillary Clinton against Rudy Giuliani.
Even a Representative Barney Frank (MA) / Senator Larry Craig (ID) is a ticket some people could get behind.
I for one am tired of red state / blue state definitions. How about a friendly shade of purple?
Labels: Pet Peeve
posted by J. Jay @ 6:40 PM
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2 Comments:
they all suck.
Why purple? Why not Aqua? Are U a racist against purple?
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