[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Best of Both Worlds?

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Best of Both Worlds?
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1202615216.shtml


   At a Legislative "town hall meeting" today in Brooklyn Center, Senator
   Linda Scheid was asked about her bill for Primaries to replace
   caucuses. She clarified what the bill would do, and hopefully I'm
   stating this correctly.
   She wants a Presidential primary only, every four years, but not to
   replace the rest of the caucus procedure. She anticipated that the
   Primary would be first, like on Super Tuesday this year followed by
   the regular caucus meetings in March. The reason Scheid gave was
   "disenfranchisement" of voters who because of traffic and the 8 pm
   deadline could not vote at the caucus. That vote is binding in the
   DFL, i.e., allocates delegates.
   Personally, I think this bogus. Every caucus goer was given an equal
   opportunity to participate in their respective caucus. Yes, the
   unexpectedly high turnout was a problem, at least on the DFL side, but
   is that any different than a snowstorm? No, the caucuses were a great
   success, in part thanks to that high turnout.
   State government should continue keep a healthy distance from internal
   Party operations. We can afford to wait another cycle. All Parties
   will be better prepared, at larger venues where necessary.