Seeking 2020 clout, California looks to jump the primary queue

[Hortensis]

6. "A mere snapshot of public opinion..."

Do we not want that in elections? I know. Opinion at that moment.

There are positives and negatives to everything, but a 2-year campaign also gave people time to "forget" and rationalize away what initially seemed inexcusable. They also encourage people to require campaigns to be entertaining. This gives a tremendous advantage to the most outrageously sensationalist and attention grabbing candidate and makes discussion of issues, policies and procedures losing moves.

As for giant California moving up front, I can understand it. I was a California voter for 40 years who accepted voting after the results were already known, realizing that voting before the rest of the country would be just inexcusably...rude. But let's face it, what happened in November was far more inexcusably rude and inimical to democracy. Fuck 'em.