By John Fedele

In around 300 days we will elect a new President and several minor governing people in the House and Senate and Governors of states, Mayors, city council members, dog catchers, etc etc etc. Most of those races will not start until the middle of May or June.

However, the election for President has been in full swing for the GOP since last September, and for President Obama since the first day he was in office. The whole election process for President is fixed so the incumbent has the advantage. The incumbent has no challenger in his/her party. WHY NOT? Because the incumbent is unchallenged, he can raise money for four years and have a war chest big enough to, (I was going to say, pay off the national debt, but….well, you know), outspend his/her challenger from the other party.

Are we to believe the party in the White House feels their person has done such a good job that he/she deserves to be the party’s nominee? Has the person in the White House propelled the country upward; kept it safe from our enemies; raised the standard of living for everyone?

Meanwhile, the opposition party’s “would be candidates” are spending money just to get nominated; putting up with negative ads from their opponents and smear tactics from a bias media. This will go on until the best of the worse portrayed candidates is left standing: beaten, battered and bloodied from the press and his/her opponents. Voters will have been brainwashed to believe the opposition party’s candidate isn’t worthy of being a trash collector, let alone the President of the United States.

So, we do not have a level playing field. The system is flawed. Primaries should be no longer than 3 months. All candidates names should be on the ballot in every state. If a candidate doesn’t get 50% of the vote, then the three top vote getters will have a run off. The one with the most votes winning that state. AND the incumbent should not get a free ride! He/she should have to earn the party’s nomination.

Until we come up with a better system, I guess we will have to live with the “fix”

P.S. Happy New Year to all my pundits and followers

 

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