primaries

There were some options during the primaries (like Dennis Kucinich), and this is why the primary elections are so important.

To answer your specific question, if a netsplit occurs, two primaries could never be elected.

What will now happen if a netsplit occurs and two primaries are elected, then rejoined?

There are wings to each party, and the candidates selected in primaries reflect that.

There's a number of states with open primaries now, so its not implausible that Paul's Presidential tactics involve trying to bring non-Republicans (particularly libertarian non-Republicans) in to vote for him in the Republican primaries.

Think office pools for the presidential primaries and the winners earn Amazon.com gift certificates and a trip to the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

While no one expected Ron Paul to win the primaries, most of us did expect him to do significantly better than he did.

We have known for two centuries that the true primaries are Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow (for pigment), why continue to propagate false primaries (red, yellow, blue) that omit the ability to describe entire sections of the spectrum?

When it's easy to see that the true primaries are CMY, why continue to propagate a centuries-old colour model that doesn't adequately describe the colours we see around us.

What if the user writes to both primaries on either side?

It is too bad Rand Paul is having problems fundraising from the large US billionaires that seem to be major determinants in the Republican primaries.

This is what lithium primaries are for; they don't leak.

We can, to an extent, simulate a full spectrum through additive and subtractive colour mixing of "primaries", but it is only a simulation.

Unfortunately, most voters don't bother getting involved with the primaries so we end up with candidates that are selected by the "establishment".

There are "wide gamut" LCDs for people who care about color reproduction, but all they do is spread three primaries out further (and even this is expensive).

If you'd asked me before seeing this thread whether Romney did better in the primaries in areas with high turnout or lower turnout, I'd have strongly guessed "higher", because it is widely believed that dogmatic conservatives -- and also dogmatic libertarians -- are more passionate about elections than typical Romney supporters.

Primaries could be useful, but in practice aren't.