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The whole idea of keeping retail politics is silly (none / 0)

How important are retail politics in the general election? You don't have time for them. And candidates who are good at retail politics often are not good at general elections. For example, look at Jimmy Carter. Great one-on-one. Horrible national contender. The only reason he won was Watergate. The big states deserve just as much a say. I know a lot of people don't like big states voting early because some candidates don't have the resources to compete. But 99% of the nation is disenfranchised by letting Iowa and New Hampshire go before anyone else. Plus the people of New Hampshire have a pretty poor track record when it comes to picking winners. In 2004, they picked Kerry. He lost. McCain and Gore in 2000, neither of whom ended up as president. They didn't vote for Clinton in 1992 either. If we trusted them, we'd have been running Paul Tsongas against George Bush. The types of candidates who tend to win in New Hampshire are clearly not the types who end up becoming president.
by dole4pineapple on Sat Oct 01, 2005 at 09:56:07 PM EST

Re: The whole idea of keeping retail politics is s (none / 0)

you say no NH and yet you're also saying no carter? Carter won because he was a personable insurgent who beat the pants off paul simon. And the DNC changed the rules, just like they are doing now, to keep the "Deans" out of the process.

by turnerbroadcasting on Sun Oct 02, 2005 at 04:59:47 PM EST
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