GOP strategist Todd Domke takes us through an alternative-universe solution to the Florida/Michigan impasse: Sprawling debate, and have a Star Chamber/focus group decide!
Focused Debate Trial
The solution combines four decision-making tools: a pollster's focus group, Lincoln-Douglas-style debate, jury trial, and a secret ballot.Here's how it could work in Florida and/or Michigan:
A neutral pollster, approved by both Democratic candidates, would randomly select 600 in-state Democratic primary voters to participate in a focus group.
They'd each receive $2,000 to be voters/jurors in a “Focused Debate Trial.”
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It goes on, in even wilder directions.
Entertaining. I think he may be on to something with an expanded debate format — haven't we had enough of Wolf Blitzer and local TV ditzes asking about the “likeability issue”[sic sic sic]? Could we go for a real free-for-all?
Past that, you might well ask … Is Mr. Domke really trying to help us? Maybe the whole notion of super-delegates (and caucuses, for that matter) has given amused Republicans the idea that we don't actually do this democratically anyway. And they'd be right.
this like the Republican bizarro world. Or maybe a real peek into how they picked Reagan and Stick Junior – minus the Lincoln/Douglass style-debate and a jury trial, but with a few “deciders” paying $100,000 a pop for the privilege.
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p>Our system may be full of flaws, but their system ends up with a Republican as their candidate.
You get an Ed McMahon whoop for that last line.
… I always see a Republican opining on what Democrats should do… yet I almost never see the converse of that??? Hmm??
Just trying to stay out of the way…