Want to change the GOP? Swap out primaries for state conventions Ep. 217

Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, we make the full case for why we need to scrap direct primaries and opt for state conventions to choose nominees for major offices. Drawing on the news that Mitt Romney lost at the Utah convention to an unknown challenger, we demonstrate how representative conventions are in line with what our Founders wanted, while direct primaries lead to tyranny of the elites. We explain the history of the primary process, why it’s nearly impossible for grassroots conservatives to win primaries, how state conventions would level the playing field, and how this would serve as a force multiplier for making our government more responsive to we the people. Otherwise, we are just wasting our time trying to fix a party that we just can’t change. Key quote: “In democracy . . . there are commonly tumults and disorders. . . . Therefore a pure democracy is generally a very bad government. It is often the most tyrannical government on earth.” ~Noah Webster Show links Romney’s loss at Utah Convention shows how conventions will fix Senate The appalling silence of Congress on the border crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Conservative Conscience.
0:04.0	In Washington, politicians are full of half-truths in hot air.
0:08.0	The Conservative Conscience is here to help you cut through the rhetoric and noise and explore the politically right way to think about the issues.
0:14.0	You'll dive into one of the most insightful conservative minds in America.
0:18.0	Conservative Review Senior Editor, Daniel Horowitz.
0:21.0	Using pure common sense and ignoring the groupthink,
0:24.0	Daniel breaks down the major issues in Washington.
0:27.0	You are now entering the Conservative Conscience.
0:31.0	Welcome back to the Conservative Conscience.
0:33.0	This is your host, Daniel Horowitz, in the house here, not Michael Horowitz, the FBI Inspector General.
0:39.0	But this is Daniel Horowitz, your national inspector general of our entire constitutional system of governance.
0:47.0	Or I would say the collapse of our constitutional system of governance.
0:51.0	Hope you all guys all had a great weekend.
0:55.0	I know I did.
0:57.0	And I'm having a case of the Monday blues.
0:59.0	Just hard getting going this week.
1:01.0	You know, really had a lot of fun with the kids on Sunday.
1:05.0	Tom, my kids had a play baseball.
1:07.0	And you know, started to realize that at their age, we're already outgrowing our backyard.
1:12.0	Where they can hit the ball outside the fence.
1:16.0	And, you know, I just got thinking,
1:19.0	man, I don't want to go to work the next day.
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