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Luvapottamus

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2. I don't know if other countries have tried this.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 11:10 AM
Mar 2019

But there's no reason a potential nominee has to anchor themselves to a candidate.

"______.______ has asked me to serve, and I'll be happy to serve WHOEVER wins in 2020."

I want to debate the other potential nominees on how to run the Veteran's Affairs department.

It's funny how we've run this like Student Council President elections.

My perspective is it's not usually the person who wins that disappoints me.

By the time somebody is elected president, you already know their virtues and flaws and not much they do disappoints or impresses me.

It's the people they bring with them in January that screw it all up.

The virtue of doing it this way, picking a cabinet, having strategy and platform meetings, it if proves the chief executive can assemble the talent they need to preside, and deliver a cohesive managerial program.

And it would weed out candidates who can't.

But pick away at it, I see a few problems that could result from this also.

One of them is "when do you extend secret service protection?"

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Welcome to DU. :) I thought this'd be about the census. Hortensis Mar 2019 #1
I don't know if other countries have tried this. Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #2
But they could all ask the same people to serve. Hortensis Mar 2019 #3
I could list poorly selected democrat cabinet members Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #4
You mean Democratic cabinet members. MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #5
Oops Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #6
Please DO and post here. Truth is allowable under the TOS Hortensis Mar 2019 #7
Revolving Door Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #8
These both result from ideological and goal positions Hortensis Mar 2019 #9
You're moving the goalpost. Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #10
Hortensis didn't move the goal posts mcar Mar 2019 #11
And: Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #12
Again.... ehrnst Apr 2019 #26
Parliamentary systems usually have an opposition "Shadow Cabinet" of policy experts... brooklynite Apr 2019 #22
Why this is a Golden Opportunity Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #13
What "traditional campaign" are voters "sick of?" ehrnst Apr 2019 #15
Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus Luvapottamus Apr 2019 #16
No idea what Priebus has to do with your answer concerning elections. ehrnst Apr 2019 #18
Per forum rules Luvapottamus Apr 2019 #20
"How come we can't beat George W. Bush or Donald Trump in a LANDSLIDE? " ehrnst Apr 2019 #21
We lost those elections. Luvapottamus Apr 2019 #24
So if that's such a simple way to win by a landslide, why has no one done that? ehrnst Apr 2019 #25
I am reminded of the Lone Ranger joke that ends- rzemanfl Apr 2019 #27
No, they DON'T traditionally choose a defeated Primary opponent. brooklynite Apr 2019 #23
Warren, Beto, Bernie Luvapottamus Mar 2019 #14
Pete Buttigieg Luvapottamus Apr 2019 #17
Cory Booker Luvapottamus Apr 2019 #19
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