The Way Primaries Work

We seem to have people who still misunderstand the primary system, both in our CapQ community and in the national political movements on the Right. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had grand ultimatums from a couple of factions which have demanded a particular type of nominee, or else the faction leaders claim they will depart the Republican Party. A few commenters have asserted the same ultimatum in the comments on this blog. It shows a lack of ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, Republican Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 8, 2007 - 9:27 AM PDT
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Julian Friedland
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by Julian Friedland - Oct. 1, 2008

A typically incoherent diatribe from this deeply ideological rightist blog. The view argued, namely that registered Republican voters should stick with the leading candidate is not backed up with any argument. It's not clear at all why voters should not support the candidate they most want to see as president especially if that means not voting for those they disagree with deeply. The writer seems desperately grasping at straws in the hope that the White House will not fall into Democratic hands. And the cartoon promoting torture is incredibly repellent both in its blind vengeance and its delusion that torture tends to work against religious extremists.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

An interesting, though not very informative consideration of the primary system. Morrissey presents a particular vision of the primary system without presenting much evidence (e.g. historical precedent).

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Roland F. Hirsch
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

The author presents his opinion about the role of primary elections in selecting candidates and his critique of some political activists associated with the Republicans is measured and fair.

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