Mitt Romney wants political nominees to come from primary contests and not through caucuses or conventions, and he could get involved in the effort to revamp Utah’s election system.
In an interview with The Boston Globe, Romney said it was a mistake for some states to favor caucuses and conventions because they limit the choice to fewer people.
"I’m concerned that that kind of approach could end up with a minority deciding who the nominee ought to be. And that I think would be a mistake," he told The Globe. "I think we should have the majority of the party’s voters decide who they want as their nominee."
Several prominent Utahns are pushing an initiative called Count My Vote that would change state law to allow candidates to bypass the party convention and capture the nomination in an open primary election. Romney, a popular figure in the Beehive State, could lend a big hand to the effort.
The former Republican presidential nominee faced a gantlet of tea party-filled caucuses during his White House race and worries about what the result of those contests could be if limited to only one faction of the party. Specifically, states that hold primaries should get more delegates at convention, he said.
"I think we should reward those states that award delegates to the convention based upon primaries," Romney told The Globe. "Primaries are the place where you see whose message is connecting with the largest number of people."Read the rest of the story HERE.
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6 comments:
I don't particularly care whether you like Romney or not. The question HERE IS: IS HE RIGHT? I believe he is.
States should decide what's best for them. But IMHO primaries (WITH VOTER ID) are the fairest way to choose nominees.
WHAT SAY YOU?
I agree. I think we should revamp the entire process, as was proposed a while back, giving each state equal say, and rotating the order. I mean for heaven sake, it ought to at least be fair.
-Martha
Yes, those cacuses are a joke, which saw delegates bullying at conventions and getting more of the share, even if the candidate didn't win the popular vote. I'd have no issue with all 50 being primaries.
May be an expense issue though?
Closed primaries.
No question about it. Primaries is the fairest way to run the Republican vote in each state. Caucuses get hijacked my virulent minorities who don't represent accurately the average party voter.
My main complaint of primaries is they absolutely need to block members of any other political party from voting, and that includes Democrats, Independents, Conservatives, Teapots and Libertarians. Too many people playing games. Remember all the Democrats voting for Santorum in Michigan, that has to stop.
It looks like most of us agree on primaries being pretty fair. I also have real concerns about open primaries because they give other parties the opportunity to decide on our candidate. Of course, we can mess with other party's primaries if we want to. At least turn about should be fair play. I wish we could get the slobbering press to stop sobering on the candidates they think are great, just to have them turn traitor to support whichever democrat it's running. Thinking of John McCain here....
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