Which candidate won't receive if they can't generate at least $35,000 to begin with.Generic wrote:Votes in the primary.
*Hoblit hands Generic's clever snark back to him for polishing.
This is what I am finding so weird. Why weren't there weren't any Independent or Other Party Primaries on Tuesday? These primaries don't seem to actually be part of your electoral system - they are merely procedural matters of the respective parties. Yet both major parties are selecting their candidates in exactly the same states on exactly the same day! This appears to legitimise the process to the point that it appears to be an official part of your country's electoral system. In the business world that would be seen as collusion and a gross breach of trade practices legislation.bz£ wrote: Just because you aren't on a primary ballot doesn't mean you can't run, or aren't in the race. There is a pretty significant difference between "running for president" and "running for president as the nominated candidate for the Republican party," which latter is what requires a registration fee, if I understand it correctly. You do realize that there weren't any Independent Primaries on Tuesday, right?
You've got it, basically. I suppose the reason why it's done in such an official manner is simplicity. New Hampshire is a small state but they still had something like three hundred thousand people voting, and you might as well get them all out of the way at once.Caravan Ray wrote:These primaries don't seem to actually be part of your electoral system - they are merely procedural matters of the respective parties. Yet both major parties are selecting their candidates in exactly the same states on exactly the same day! This appears to legitimise the process to the point that it appears to be an official part of your country's electoral system. In the business world that would be seen as collusion and a gross breach of trade practices legislation.
Heh! I know nothing at all about McCain - but they just showed a glimpse of him on the news. He has a laugh like Elmer Fudd!!!!Sober wrote: McCain has a pretty strong reform policy, if I recall correctly.
I seen probly the same clip... and thought exactly the same thing ..Caravan Ray wrote:McCain -. He has a laugh like Elmer Fudd!!!!
Just nit-picking: the specifics on that one are that it's not true. Al Sharpton has never held public office, and has run at least once. Jesse Jackson had never held office at the time of his first run. It is a practical requirement, just as being a white christian male has been for so long, but it is not an official requirement.jimtyrrell wrote:Nah, even then we were told of the provisions: you had to be 35, you had to have been born in this country, and you had to have held public office before (I don't remember what the specifics are on that one).