The current primary scheduling practice is aimed at empowering theoretical swing states to ensure a moderate nominee with wide electoral appeal.   That’s great and all, but if we really thought the Blue Dog states should choose the president, then why not just run a Zel Miller/Lieberman ticket and be done with it?

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While I’m sympathetic to complaints about voter disenfranchisement in Florida, as A) voters didn’t choose to move up their primary and risk DNC sanctions and B) the Iowa/New Hampshire primary hegemony definitely needs to be overthrown, given that the proximate result is to bolster the campaign of the less progressive candidate…too bad.  I only wish [...]