Don't look now, but in a little less than 5 weeks (as I write this), the Presidential selection process will begin in New Hampshire and Iowa.

 

What a dilemma for voters who want to focus on the traditional activities for this time of year. But this is a year to put things like holiday parties, New Year's Eve, the BCS rankings, whether your team makes the playoffs and other activities at a lower priority. Make the time to make your choice while you still have a choice.

 

But what if you don't live in one of the early states? Don't you have more time to make your choices? The answer is, "Not really."

 

My advice is to make your choice as early as you can and then try to support that candidate so they come out of New Hampshire and Iowa still in the race instead of out of the race. You can't vote for a candidate who is no longer a candidate.

 

Remember this, too. Even small contributions can have a major impact for a candidate. If 1,000 people make a $25 contribution to a candidate, then that candidate now has $25,000 to propell themself to victory. The multiplication factor is huge.

That goes along with the fact that the strongest advertising possible is word of mouth. When you make your decision, let your friends and family know. Send them an email. Since you will be the exception, not the rule, other people are likely to fall in on your reasoning.

In keeping with that thought, we're going to try to help you. We have already been trying to do an analysis of these candidates and found the research to be an incredible task. Our long term goal is to change the way voters approach making their voting choice for the better. The practical reality is we are running out of time, so we are going to shift our focus.

Using our philosophy and methodology, we're going to give you some guidelines for making your choice in the primaries with an eye towards what kind of contest we want to see in the fall.

Meanwhile, here's an article proposing a change to our system of primaries from an earlier New York Times OpEd.

More tomorrow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/opinion/30soros.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin