Comments on: In Michigan and Florida, No One Can Hear You Vote http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: jennifer juniper http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1611 jennifer juniper Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:56:22 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1611 i think we should do what they do in other countries and have a shorter time span for campaigning and limit how much they are allowed to spend. my poor candidate dennis kucinich has been left out of televised debates because he is not considered a front runner. i think the media has FAR too much control over elections! jennifer juniper i think we should do what they do in other countries and have a shorter time span for campaigning and limit how much they are allowed to spend. my poor candidate dennis kucinich has been left out of televised debates because he is not considered a front runner. i think the media has FAR too much control over elections!

jennifer juniper

]]> By: Rich http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1603 Rich Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:14:07 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1603 ps- Go McCain! ps- Go McCain!

]]> By: Rich http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1602 Rich Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:13:16 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2008/01/09/in-michigan-and-florida-no-one-can-hear-you-vote/#comment-1602 Very interesting. I'd never heard of this "superdelegate" stuff (gg media). I'm not really sure where I stand on the national primary issue. On the one hand, it leads to undue influence for early states due to the extreme hype a candidate receives if they win one. I think its better for the people to decided on issues rather than having certain candidates' names pounded into their head by the press. On the other hand, it does give candidates with less money to run a national campaign a chance to prove themselves and serve as a launching pad (e.g. Huckabee). The press only begrudgingly mentioned his name prior to Iowa even though I heard a lot of positive things from fellow republicans. So I'm kind of torn on the issue. I'm very much in favor of eliminating the influence of money on politics so I'm beginning to think early primaries are perhaps a necessary evil. Maybe it would be better if the states rotated their primary election dates so that early influence could be spread more fairly? I'm not sure what the answer is. Very interesting. I’d never heard of this “superdelegate” stuff (gg media).

I’m not really sure where I stand on the national primary issue. On the one hand, it leads to undue influence for early states due to the extreme hype a candidate receives if they win one. I think its better for the people to decided on issues rather than having certain candidates’ names pounded into their head by the press.

On the other hand, it does give candidates with less money to run a national campaign a chance to prove themselves and serve as a launching pad (e.g. Huckabee). The press only begrudgingly mentioned his name prior to Iowa even though I heard a lot of positive things from fellow republicans.

So I’m kind of torn on the issue. I’m very much in favor of eliminating the influence of money on politics so I’m beginning to think early primaries are perhaps a necessary evil. Maybe it would be better if the states rotated their primary election dates so that early influence could be spread more fairly? I’m not sure what the answer is.

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