Bill Bartlett wrote:

Bill, this is the best explanation, to date, of Bush's candidacy. Dan

Have I misunderstood the US electoral system? I thought a political

> .party's presidential candidate was chosen by anyone who wanted to
> register as a supporter of that party, rather than by actual party
> members. As I understand it, that means that supporters of one party
> could even register as supporters of another party, to help install
> an incompetent as the opposition candidate.
>
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas