Lowey sees need for Democrats to review election process
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Rep. Nita Lowey, during an appearance in White Plains this morning, said she harbors no bitterness over the outcome of the Democratic primary battle and intends to work as hard for Barack Obama as she did for Hillary Clinton.
But Lowey said the outcome does point out the need for Democrats to take a serious look at how they choose their nominees for president and the continued use of caucuses.
“I’m not an expert on the caucus system but I do believe that the primary system, where everyone has the opportunity to vote, better reflects the views of the people,” Lowey, a Harrison Democrat, said. “There are other people who think caucuses are great. I think that the working class people who can’t get to a caucus – you have to think whether you are reaching the majority of people in a state.”
And it was the caucuses, Lowey suggested, that, more than anything else, doomed Clinton’s campaign.
“Certainly, in the end, she kept winning one primary after another,” Lowey said. “And that brings to mind, frankly, the whole caucus system. I do believe that most of the people in the campaign thought she would win by Feb. 5 and they weren’t or they may not have been as focused on the caucuses.
“I think the Democrats are going to have to look at the whole process when its all over and whether they’ll turn to winner takes all like the Republicans, or have a regional primaries or refine the caucus system so that it doesn’t go on forever – state, local caucuses -there’s going to be a thnking through of the whole process.”
Lowey was in White Plains to hold a press conference with state Labor Commissioner M. Patrica Smith to call for extended unemployment benefits.
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