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But even this solution would result in a few states receiving disproportionate attention. Another possibility is to group primaries on several dates so that no single state or group of states will receive disproportionate attention.
The main drawback to this approach is that by having so many states' primaries on the same date, candidates would be unable to campaign state to state and city to city. Consequently, they would be forced to rely heavily on mass-media advertising, giving an even greater advantage to those...
Either of these solutions would make the primary system more nationally relevant and representative. The parties and state legislatures must begin to give serious consideration to such reforms. American democracy would be the better for it.
Tim Robbins' grandly ambitious new film Cradle Will Rock, which recreates the collision of art and politics in the Commie-crazy, Depression-addled '30s, is mainstream in all of the best possible ways. It's hard to imagine anyone not getting swept up in the movie's panoramic storytelling, drawn...
This doesn't mean that Robbins tries to be all things to all people, a fatal flaw of most directors who try to attract mainstream audiences. Clearly he had a very specific vision in mind for this film, which is theatrical in style and pointedly liberal in its mosaic-like...