Front-loading primaries really bad idea

This is in the Aberdeen American News from South Dakota Politics‘ Ken Blanchard. Occasionally the Chief has reservations about some of his comments – but he hit the bull’s eye here, and has a very interesting idea to reduce some of the idiocy of the current Presidential electoral process.

First the kick-off:

One of my grad school professors described the simple rule by which his German grandfather approached child-rearing: Find out what the children are doing and make them stop. I sometimes think that rule should be applied vigorously to Congress and to state legislatures whenever they are in a mood to reform our political institutions.

Hear, hear!

This idea is great – probably too rational to ever be adopted, but its still neat to know that it’s there:

If you really want reform, the way to do it is divide the states into five groups, each including large and small states from every region of the country. Each group would be assigned the first Tuesday of some month from February to June. In subsequent elections the order would be rotated, so everyone gets to go first sooner or later. The purpose would not be to benefit one party or another, or any state over the others, but to do what is best for the Republic.

“…what is best for the Republic.” What a concept! Far too radical for the Congresscritters I fear.