Originally Posted By: tonyc
Of course something like that would probably require a constituional amendment to enforce, so it won't happen, but the way things are now horribly distort the process to the point of absurdity. (Really? Newt Gingrich???)


Yes, anything would be an improvement IMO. I would think (maybe I'm wrong) the parties can select a candidate using whatever method they choose. However being the Grand Old Party I doubt the republicans would even consider changing, Maybe in the 1800's this one state a time thing was OK due to the lack of speedy commutations but today that is not an issue.