Download or read book The Party Decides written by Marty Cohen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that—such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding—people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades, The Party Decides shows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America’s founding to control nominations as a means of getting what they want from government. Contrary to the common view that the party reforms of the 1970s gave voters more power, the authors contend that the most consequential contests remain the candidates’ fights for prominent endorsements and the support of various interest groups and state party leaders. These invisible primaries produce frontrunners long before most voters start paying attention, profoundly influencing final election outcomes and investing parties with far more nominating power than is generally recognized.
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Download or read book Steve Emanuel s Bootcamp for the MBE written by Steven L. Emanuel and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MBE Bootcamp: Contracts will cover all the substantive rules of law the MBE examiners test in the various subject areas. This outline removes the topics and rules of law that may have been important in your law school course but are not tested on the MBE and is specifically written for bar exam preparation. Each outline also includes 33 or 34 multiple choice questions extracted from the 200-Question Self-Assessment test with model answers.