tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post3910667042745955523..comments2023-09-28T04:08:46.005-04:00Comments on The Hankster: TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERSNancy Hankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17428253702914703243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340222.post-28525229305067919342008-12-28T20:28:00.000-05:002008-12-28T20:28:00.000-05:00Now that a constitutional amendment for a "top two...Now that a constitutional amendment for a "top two"/"open primary" for state offices has been introduced in the California assembly, Tom Elias, a columnist and author there, has again weighed in on this issue. As I noted previously, Tom and I had some contact during the campaign for the "open primary" initiative-- Proposition 62-- in 2004.<BR/><BR/><I>"... the distinct possibility that by mid-2010 [California voters] will get a crack at another gift, a chance to resume holding open primaries that give moderates in both parties a significant chance at winning high offices."</I><BR/><BR/>I think Tom is engaging in some wishful thinking here. The outcome has often been the opposite in Louisiana, which has used its "open primary" since the 1970s. The 1991 runoff for governor, for example, featured a crook and a former Ku Klux Klansman. And, in 1995, now-U. S. senator Mary Landrieu finished third in the governor's race; the runoff was between a white conservative Republican and a... <A HREF="http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2008/12/open-primary-buzz-in-california.html" REL="nofollow">Read more>>>></A>Steve Rankinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352056744691309807noreply@blogger.com