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Question of the Day: Should Presidential Nominees Be Chosen a Different Way?
Iowa, New Hampshire have outsize influence on the selection of party candidates. Have better idea?

Conventional wisdom holds that Mitt Romney will get a major bump toward the GOP presidential nomination by winning today’s primary in New Hampshire. His rivals have conceded him first. But should small states carry this much clout in picking party nominees? Would a national primary be better?
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