Nominating a president: the ongoing challenges.

Presidential Studies Quarterly › Vol. 35 Nbr. 1, March 2005

Author: Freedman, Paul

Position:: The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations - Book Review

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Nominating a president: the ongoing challenges.

The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Nominations. By William G. Mayer and Andrew E. Busch. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2004. 226 pp.

The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2004. Edited by William G. Mayer. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004. 306 pp.

Midway through their comprehensive analysis of the "front-loading" problem in presidential nominations, William G. Mayer and Andrew E. Busch acknowledge that the "first and most fundamental point to recognize is that reforming the presidential nomination process is just not something that most Americans care about" (Mayer ...

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