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And then, too, the number of Virginians participating in the process would have numbered in the millions, not thousands.
Of course there would be problems. There is always the possibility that crossover voters from the GOP might poison the primary well. The process of getting elected would be more expensive. The tab for running the primaries would have to be picked up by the taxpayers.
But these would be run by election officials who would be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth, and not by the sometimes inexpert opinion of. party functionaries.
Neither nominating method is perfect, or anything close to it. But in the light of what we have seen this year, it is at least arguable that the interests of the Democratic Party would be best served by going back to the primary.
But beyond all that, after the fiasco of the 1985 caucus season, most Democratic workers are bone weary. They are sick of cantankerous caucus challenges, with seeing how many delegates can dance on the head of a legal technicality, and with the anticipation of the wondrous array of convention confusions which are yet to unfold.
They have had it, to quote a great American political philosopher, up to their kiesters. And for these party workers in the trenches, going back to the primary looks better every day.
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