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The Problem Isn’t How We Elect Presidents. It’s How We Select Candidates.
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The Problem Isn’t How We Elect Presidents. It’s How We Select Candidates.

The primary system has yielded nominees who are noteworthy less for their governing experience and more for their sales pitches to the people.
The Problem Isn’t How We Elect Presidents. It’s How We Select Candidates.

Since the election, we’ve repeatedly been told that President Trump has every right to contest the results wherever he thinks something untoward has taken place; and that, as commander-in-chief, he has every right to pull troops from Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, or wherever he thinks best. Of course, having a right is not the same thing as being right.

Gary Schmitt is a resident scholar in strategic studies and American institutions at the American Enterprise Institute.

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