We have no actual voice in the process in Florida, but we do have another Republican attempt to destroy the government on the ballot in the guise of “tax relief” on the ballot, so I will vote. The Republicans who changed the primary date are only losing half of their delegates, but the Democrats are punishing the entire party membership for not controlling the legislature, which is par for the course.

I guess if you are a Democrat you have to move to New Hampshire to get a say in anything. If it weren’t for all the jerks from Massachusetts who have moved in, I might consider it. [One branch of my family originally settled in Granby, Massachusetts before moving to New York after the Revolution and bringing the Baptist faith with them, so I get to complain.]

This is probably going to the convention if John Edwards can hang on and continue.

It would be a lot simpler and more representative of the people if we had a national primary and a popular vote for the presidential election. But then, it’s all about political party power and not what the people want. I don’t expect to see it change in my lifetime.

Illinois is having their primary on Super Tuesday this year. I’m assuming the Dems got it moved up because of Obama. For the first time I’ll get to vote before the nominee has already been decided. Whoopee. 🙂

We have a collection of caucuses, primaries, straw polls, back room deals that are various degrees of “open” or “closed” that varies by state, and a marked preference for small states that are more conservative and less urban than the vast majority of the population of the United States, not just Democrats.

I’m not saying those people don’t need to be represented, just that they don’t need to have much more power over the process than voters in California, Texas, Florida, and New York.

The other annoying thing is that they have all of this power and they don’t show up to vote. There are almost 800K registered Dems and Reps in Nevada and everyone is talking about how wonderful it is that 114K showed up for caucuses. About 14% is not wonderful turn out, I don’t care if it is better than ever.

Something needs to be done so that the system works for all voters, and not just those in a few states.

I don’t understand why we don’t have a National Primary, but then again, that might make it too easy. It’s annoying that the media puts so much importance on a few states that set their dates early. I really don’t want the farmers in Iowa picking my candidate.

And all the interference (especially secretly, out of public view) has hurt many countries, and don’t even think about the domino effect that’s caused!

Some days, I’m just glad I won’t be around too much longer. I’m too tired of all this crap. I really regret being that gung-ho young guy who wanted to do some good and fix things. All I did was learn that the World is more f****d up than I could have imagined (and my Grandfather did his best to make me see the World the way it was). He warned me, I thought he was just a crotchety old man. I was a fool.

*shrug* I’m sure you know.

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Hell of a way to choose the “leader of the free world”.

you would think, what with all the legalized gambling and prostitution available in nevada, there’d be enough to do to while away the long winter months, but apparently there’s not. nevadans seem to have elevated delegate picking to an olympic sport.