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In reply to the discussion: I'm told "If you ever want a balanced SCOTUS, set your values aside and shut up and vote for HRC." [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)I have an idea.
1. If one is going to have primaries, make them all at one time. That way states like Iowa and New Hampshire don't have such a stupid and disproportional impact. Make the primary in late August, preferably on an entire weekend, and all states.
2. Get the fucking corporate money out of campaigns. In fact, get money out of the campaigns entirely. Put spending limits on each campaign. Get rid of Citizens United.
3. Level the playing field on media exposure. Put the fairness act back into place.
4. At the beginning of the campaign, some time before the primary in August, say July 4, all declared campaigns have free access to media.
5. National party conventions in September.
Shit! For Christ's sake, the 2016 campaign is not only underway now. It began on Election Day, 2014.
And, as I wrote, the UK does it all in six weeks. And I don't give a fuck that we aren't the UK. The US way makes politics utterly suck here. Can anybody credibly argue the contrary?
USA! USA! USA! Where national politics utterly sucks.