Word: reforms
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Constitution contains no guidelines for the nomination process, so it's mostly regulated by the two major parties, which have adjusted the process over the years to both suit their interests and respond to public demands. The Reform party has a less formal process that operates on a different schedule than that...
...result of this reform was to reduce the importance of national political conventions. The national conventions are now basically spectacles at which the candidates who received the most popular votes are crowned and their running mates are announced...
...brings tears to the eyes of New Democrat guru and Clinton friend Al From. A wonderful speech, he says. "I wish I'd written it. In fact I had, several years earlier." Bush gave three education speeches last fall, compared with just one on foreign policy and tax reform. With the exception of a provision for school vouchers, Bush's education plan was shamelessly similar to one the Democratic-leaning Progressive Policy Institute published in its journal...
John McCain is to campaign-finance reform what John Brown was to the abolition of slavery: the guy with the ax. So what happens if you have to swing it at yourself? McCain's services on behalf of a major contributor gave an opening last week to George W. Bush, the man who has benefited most, dollarwise, from things as they are. McCain is being asked to explain why he wrote letters to various federal agencies in support of 15 of his top campaign donors. "Somebody who makes campaign finance an issue has got to be consistent," Bush declared...
...forced to rely heavily on mass-media advertising, giving an even greater advantage to those candidates with the largest war chest and turning elections into fundraising battles rather than old-fashioned stump-debates. For a system of group primaries to work, there would have to be substanial campaign finance reform that would allow legitimate candidates free air time to counter their financial advantage...