We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The main reason we've been the party out of power so long is we haven't had a good nominating process.
I think we should have the majority of the party's voters decide who they want as their nominee.
We can change the direction of the country with our vote.
I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.
You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.
We need an honest politician in charge who doesn't care whether they are re-elected and is prepared to make the unpopular decisions.
You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media.
If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, given them ballot access in September of the election year, they could have won the election.
There are things that matter more than your election. That may take difficult votes, may take career-ending votes for people, but if we aren't willing to do that, then we're not going to move forward.
We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.