The 200% Solution
28th August 2007
Mickey Kaus has a great idea.
Better yet, we could have two rounds of primaries. Start with a full roster of non-delegate-selecting ‘beauty contests” in 2007, including in the big states. This would winnow the field. Then, just about the time buyer’s remorse sets in and we wonder if there’s not a better candidate, we could have the second round of real, official, delegate-binding primaries. …The candidates are already campaigning and debating as if its February, so this schedule couldn’t mean that much more work for them. Reporters would love it–they’d get to write about twice as many elections. And the campaigns would probably run out of money, reducing the impact of expensive TV ads! … Win-win-win.