Reply #95: Always start with small states. I think it would be a mistake to ever

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start with CA or NY or even OH (which has a ton of media markets).

Also, I don't think you're ever going to get public financing for primaries. But you can ask the party to start a fund that would be distributed to candidates, but that's really not so different from just donating yourself to small-time candidates.

I also don't think -- but could be wrong -- that congress has anything to do with primaries. It's something the parties manage themselves.