This whole primary thing has gotten out of hand

Nebraska Democrats will hold a caucus on February 9, 2008, to get the jump on across-the-river neighbor Iowa. Howard Dean (remember him?) thinks it's a good idea. Given the I'm-going-before-you-do nature of the current primary system, we might as well. A few years ago prominent attorney and Democrat Vince Powers tried to do the same thing, except to do it in December prior to the election year. It fell flat. And this was before the current primary goat rope.

Look, let's do it this way: have one national primary on one day. Popular vote only for every party participating. That way no one state sets the tone for others. And maybe we'll get an early picture of who the country likes and who they don't like.

One other change I'd like to see: Change election day to a Saturday. It might not make a huge difference but I think we'd see a noticeable increase in voters.