Do you miss the party conventions of old?

[The Mikado]

With the exception of Torie and Muon, none of us are old enough to remember these firsthand.  (I'm counting 1972 as the last one, if you count 1980, throw Gramps in there too).

That said, there were some pretty exciting floor fights back in the day.  However, dark horses and backroom dealings, however exciting, were deeply flawed and corrupt processes.  I'm not totally cool with the primary system, but it's leaps and bounds ahead of what preceded it.  (Frankly, primaries were one of the only good reforms to the political system of the progressive era.  I'd be happy to ditch referenda, recalls, etc.)