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In reply to the discussion: How about it? [View all]maddiemom
(5,106 posts)These days we have at least 18 to 24 months. The conventions are more than 12 months away, and many have thrown their hats in the ring months ago. With most politicians, intentions have already been obvious long before this year. Get elected to Congress, even as a freshman, and immediately begin running for POTUS. Forget about the job you were elected to do. A modest proposal would be to limit announcements and campaigning to the year of the presidential election Campaigning for the actual job limited to 6-7 months before the actual election; conventions held about April or May. This leaves more time to evaluate the actual candidates than the few months we now have now. Lots of stuff wrong with this, I know, but surely we can do better than the long-running circus we now have. Other elective offices have between the spring primary and the actual election in November to choose between the parties' candidates. Ironically with the national level bids for POTUS, we have a mish- mash of procedures, caucuses, primaries and a shorter time after the conventions. Don't get me started on the obsolete electoral college. If it wasn't addressed after Bush/Gore, it sadly never will be.