Whatever else happens, one thing is clear: "The Party" can no longer hold back the strategic weakness of primaries to the "establishment."
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"The Party Decides" wasn't wrong: it described an era. Eras end, as things build up and new tools, and organizational methods spring up.
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The "invisible primary"--the elites putting money & media behind a candidate before the first primary vote--can obviously be upended now.
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The need people felt to do this wouldn't be so high if the elite failure in governance had not reached such a (miserable) peak.
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Obama upended "Party Decides" with organizational strength & tech. A movement sprung up, carried him to WH. (Of course, candidate matters)
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Fascinating that on the R side, a billionaire with a keen sense of media upended. But Cruz is also an org & tech candidate with a movement.
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Tea Party also went through the strategic opening that were the primaries. For US, we have multiple attempts know, some more successful.
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Soo, whatever else happens. You can bet that the next time around, there will be more attempts. On both sides. The path is obvious now.
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But just like "The Party Decides" was an era *in response* freeing of primaries, the elites will respond to this challenge. They always do.
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A fascinating puzzle of modernity is how we have one-person-one-vote quickly replaced by one-dollar-one-vote, globally. Yes, it's a puzzle.
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We now have a freeing up of the media system, this way or that way. There are sign of it (re)-closing up, too, already. What a time.
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*Of course* old media are part of this. Just look at this chart. Yes, Trump is a story but also Trump hacked them.pic.twitter.com/9RfAHHz49T
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Trump already has a theory of new media, to counter (ad-spending) an old media. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/706675395811266560 …
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