The size of the initial regional primary may be large enough to prevent less-funded candidates from being able to compete.

A. The Southern regional primary is probably only the first.

By fall, the secretaries hope to be ready to present a detailed regional primaries plan to the nation's state legislators and governors.

There's talk of regional primaries or a national primary.

That is the problem with the proposal for a national primary or even a series of regional primaries.

He said he thought a system of regional primaries, in which different regions each got their chance to go first, would be better.

That means 8 or 10 regional primaries held during a span of about three months, preferably April through June.

A group of regional primaries is not a bad idea.

I'm totally opposed to a national primary or regional primaries.

If we were to move to regional primaries, as some have suggested, the results would be even greater influence by big money interests.