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A thought, half baked, about how to select presidential candidates.

1. Short of returning to individual binding primaries, every suggestion is going to involve perceived impairment of democracy.

2. The easiest way is for a Party President to simply make the choice for his party, treating all the information available as advisory. That information will include the party primary. It will also include his assessment of the likelihood that agreement or disagreement with other Parties will lead to certain consequences. That is a pure mechanics approach and may make the most sense.

3. The Party President will, of course, be accountable to his membership at the next election.

4. The Party itself will be accountable to the general population at the next congressional election.

5. The Party itself will be accountable to its membership and the population through membership increase and decrease.

6. Each party will need to find a leader who is smart, capable, resilient, knowledgeable and wise.

7. Each party will need to accept the risk that the decisions of its PP are momentous for the community. The membership will want to debate, lobby and generally engage in intelligent persuasive politics. The membership will want to reach out to other parties and stakeholders.

8. The system is sufficiently flexible to deal with future exigencies.

9. Something is lost: security.

10. Something is gaine😛 activity, accountability and (perhaps) transparency.

11. The time for the popular vote is during the in-game presidential election. Beat 'em at the ballot box.