tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post1217547769340014021..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Presidential Primary Reform Week: Congressional ActionJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-58995558503240042392009-07-23T22:09:00.182-04:002009-07-23T22:09:00.182-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-21780789074241670012009-07-23T20:50:33.939-04:002009-07-23T20:50:33.939-04:00I think your confusion is part of the problem with...I think your confusion is part of the problem with this plan. It is just plain hard to describe. It would be a lot simpler and more logistically sound (from the candidates' perspective) if it was all the states in one region going at once. <br /><br />My basic rule of thumb on these ideas is similar to the rule regarding campaign slogans: If you can't fit it on a bumper sticker (or in a sentence or two) then it likely won't fly. And I don't say that because I think it is too complicated for the American public to handle. We've already got a complicated system, though. Why switch one mess for another?Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-52326107213455568862009-07-23T16:47:20.300-04:002009-07-23T16:47:20.300-04:00Josh,
My initial comment was based on a misunders...Josh,<br /><br />My initial comment was based on a misunderstanding of the post (I was reading it as having all the states in each region go at once), which is why I deleted it. But perhaps I shouldn't have, as the "exempt 4 plan" is still possible with that interpretation. Now that I understand it properly, I would like this plan if it preserved those exemptions.<br /><br />I'm heading off to Mike Capuano's MA-8 for four days (no, I'm not doing a grand tour of Massachusetts congressional districts) and look forward to reading a few excellent new posts when I come back!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-83442682825705464152009-07-23T14:01:34.772-04:002009-07-23T14:01:34.772-04:00Jack,
The Ohio Plan that was passed by the RNC in ...Jack,<br />The <a href="http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2008/04/frontloading-under-fire-ohio-plan-gop.html" rel="nofollow">Ohio Plan</a> that was passed by the RNC in the spring of 2008 called for Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina to precede the small state group with the remaining large states divided into three "pods" bringing up the rear. An earlier version of the plan split those larger states into three groups based on region, though. <br /><br />Fortunately I <a href="http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2008/01/r-e-f-o-r-m.html" rel="nofollow">excerpted the CQ article</a> where I read that because I can't find any other documentation of that previous version anywhere else (Well, not beyond a cursory search anyway.).<br /><br />But that version is the closest to your regional/exempt 4 plan.Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-60939828248495832812009-07-23T13:25:07.339-04:002009-07-23T13:25:07.339-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.com