On 2/6/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: American Experience - PBS > > > > > Yes. And the years in between elections can drag and drag when you > > dislike > > the President. > > Believe me, the whole world feels your pain.... > > > > But, yeah, the election process does run a bit long. > > > > I was just glad our CA primary ballot had so few propositions. But I am > > sure > > that will change on the general election ballot. It's like having > > homework, > > boring but hard-to-research homework. > > I think this is what has me confused. > When we elect what passes for a government, Parliament is dissolved, the > campaigning runs for about a month, then we pick the least offensive option. > I don't understand what the primarys are supposed to accomplish. > > William Robb >
Primaries are the equivalent of our party nomination meetings, but without the parachute candidates. That's how the candidates for the general election are picked by each party. Remember, the President is just another candidate, but one picked by all party members via the state primaries rather than by winning a leadership contest (Although, the presidential primaries happen less often than Liberal Leadership races these days) M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
