And no "county" parties? On a short list of what we Georgia Dems have to do to win, I would put forming functional, strong local organizations. I think that we need to consider moving away from the idea of County Parties. In some larger metro areas, one county party is not enough, and in some smaller areas, two or three counties might have to combine to form a group. I would also like feedback on how well it works to have a State Party and then have the County Parties as a separate organization. I know that there is a relationship, but is it effective?
Now here's something radical think about. What if we moved away from electing our nominees for constitutional office on a primary ballot and instead considered electing them at a convention as happens in a few other states? The advantage would be that we would be forever spared the expensive bloodbath that was the 2006 Democratic Primary for Governor, and that whole Street Money thing would be diffused, at least in the primary.
Okay, we said that we need to think out of the box.....
Monday, November 13, 2006
What if There Were No Democratic Primary?
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I'm not sure that electing nominees at a convention would provide either an adequate sample of Democratic opinion or a prediction of who might do well in the general election. The people who went to the convention would probably be political junkies like me. We Democratic political junkies are often atypical voters in this state. :-)
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