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2016 Postmortem

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5. We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method

Sat May 14, 2016, 08:13 PM

May 2016

where party hacks picked the nominees - kind of like DWS has been doing with the DNC.

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Let's abolish primary elections altogether. [View all] MineralMan May 2016 OP

Let's abolish elections altogether KingFlorez May 2016 #1

or pick the person who holds the biggest rallies? woolldog May 2016 #2

Since the parties are picking who they want anyway... scscholar May 2016 #4

We could go back to the old smoke-filled-room method The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #5

Smoking is bad for people's health. MineralMan May 2016 #6

Well, DU is too small a sample. MineralMan May 2016 #10

I'm With Her Donors pmorlan1 May 2016 #8

Let's exclude millionaires and billionaires from holding office aspirant May 2016 #11

Hey, we could just have a lottery. MineralMan May 2016 #13

The millionaires and billionaires would buy up too many tickets aspirant May 2016 #17

One $2 ticket per person. MineralMan May 2016 #18

The 7-11 coffee-cup poll might be useful too. NurseJackie May 2016 #12

Sure...average that in, too. MineralMan May 2016 #14

Hmm...perhaps. MineralMan May 2016 #16

You're getting kinda creepy pmorlan1 May 2016 #20

It's Saturday evening during silly season. MineralMan May 2016 #21