Poll: Nation tired of Iowa-NH first

All eyes may be on Iowa and New Hampshire, but many of them are rolling. Despite efforts to evict the two states from the front of the presidential calendar, both managed to hang on for another election cycle that culminates with the Iowa caucuses on Thursday and the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 8. As a year of media attention reaches its crescendo, voters in other states are saying enough is enough...

[it's the 21st century: all candidates state their positions on the issues on the net, we answer a questionnaire with our preferences, and let computers do what they do best - point us toward those with closest answers to further vet. Then we have winnowing cycles whereby the field is cut in half based on votes garnered - repeatedly {maybe a month between} - until there's only two candidates left (regardless of party - and let's make it a six month process, start-to-finish process while we're at it). This assures that the eventually winner will have been elected by the majority of Americans. The NPATs could serve as the model (www.vote-smart.org) and the internet-based election process ready to role within a year (remember, billions of dollars of other people's money is transferred every day - technically an election system would be a cake walk.) OK, let's get it started...]

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