Reply #16: That was done intentionally this year. [View All]

[Julien Sorel]

The idea was to minimize the amount of time the candidates spent beating each other up, and getting the nomination process over quickly so the nominee could gear up for the general election. I actually thought it worked rather well, although it worked against my candidate of choice. Still, once it was obvious Kerry would be the nominee, his fundraising went through the roof, allowing him to compete with Bush. Imagine what would have happened instead if the primaries had dragged on. All that money and energy that went towards Kerry would have been spread out among the other candidates. I didn't like or understand it at the time, but looking back, I think it was a good idea.