Quote Of The Day
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Billary, Hillary, Quotes, Texas
“The doors open at 7 and they close at 7:15. It would be tragic if Hillary were to win this election in the daytime and somebody were to come in at night and take it away.”
- Bill Clinton, continuing to push the campaign’s meme that caucuses are unfair.
Does he have a point?
Discuss.
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February 26th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Hillary found her voice in New Hampshire and it said “shut up Bill” - I agree.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I’m not sure “unfair” is the right word. They certainly are less democratic, but I’m not sure that is necessarily a bad thing. I’m the sort of person that is uneasy with open primaries becuase I feel it gives an unfair advantage to the two main parties. The Democratic and Republican parties are private organization and how they decide upon a candidate shouldn’t seem so quasi-governmental, as it sure does now.
That being said, the open caucus system we run in many states also has its problems. If the point of a caucus is to allow the “card carrying” members of a party decide who best represents their values, beliefs, etc., then how do you justify allowing anyone to come in and have an equal voice in the process? Were I to go to a Democratic caucus (or a Republican one for that matter), there is a sense in which it is illegitimate IF the idea is to let real party members decide the matter. It certainly opens the process up to being influenced by money in a way that a primary system isnt. Like it or not, “organization” is something that can be bought.