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Let the Star Chamber decide!

March 27, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

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.”

 …..

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.

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  1. pipi-bendenhaft says

    March 27, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    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.

    • charley-on-the-mta says

      March 27, 2008 at 10:33 pm

      You get an Ed McMahon whoop for that last line.

  2. petr says

    March 28, 2008 at 9:31 am

    … I always see a Republican opining on what Democrats should do… yet I almost never see the converse of that??? Hmm??  

    • peter-porcupine says

      March 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm

      • sabutai says

        March 28, 2008 at 5:49 pm

        Just trying to stay out of the way…

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