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Tue 12 Feb, 2008 03:53 pm
If either party fails to nominate a candidate on the 1st ballot and a brokered convention results (and especially if the result is the nomination of someone who hasn't been a candidate this year), will it make the American voter realize that he doesn't have to accept whatever the news media, career politicians, political machines and moneyed interests want to shove down his throat? If so, how long will the effect last? Would a more open process that is less able to guarantee a certain result encourage enough new people to enter the process to keep the process open in the future?
Here is a list of all your questions. It might be easier for people to respond to rather than in one long sentence or two.
Will either party fail to nominate a candidate on the first ballot?
Will a brokered convention result?
Will someone not a current candidate be nominated?
Will voters realize they don't have to accept whatever the news media, career politicians, political machines and moneyed interests want to shove down their throats?
If so, how long will the effect last?
Would a more open process be more or less of a guarantee of a certain result?
Would a more open process encourage new people to enter the process?
Will there be enough new people entering the process to keep it an open process in the future?
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