As we all know, Michigan is one of the states that moved its primary date up, hoping to have a bigger say in who the nominees are. Both national parties have punished the state parties – taking away convention delegates.
The Michigan primary is January 15. I am looking at my absentee ballot application and I need to make a decision, do I register Democratic or Republican?
In the Democratic primary, my choices will be Hillary Clinton, Mike Gravel, and Dennis Kucinich. If I voted in the Republican primary, my choices, as disgusting as all of the are, would be numerically greater and I could mess around and cast a ballot for a dark horse – like Ron Paul. Or vote for someone who is lagging behind after New Hampshire and Iowa.
Of course, my third option is to boycott the whole broken primary system completely. Since moving to Canada, I have been fascinated with how the nomination process happens here. Conventions are more than week-long pep rallies and commercials. There is potential for them to be gripping and suspenseful.
Please vote below and then leave me some words of wisdom.