"A Tri-Partisan Solution"

Political Insider offers this post, which begins: "Senators Lamar Alexander, Amy Klobuchar, and Joe Lieberman have introduced a bill to revamp the presidential nominating process for the 2012 election. Their proposal, which can be read in full here, mandates a rotating series of regional contests. Each of four regions - East, West, South, and Midwest - would be assigned a month between March and June during which its states could hold primaries and caucuses. The month assignments would change every presidential election cycle. During any sixteen-year period, each region would get a turn at the leadoff slot. The three senators sponsoring the legislation believe this system could counteract what they call a 'race to the front' in the current scheduling of state primaries." I'm not sure how this differs from the bill introduced by Rep. Levin back in May.

Posted by Rick Hasen at August 2, 2007 12:06 PM