I'm using the image of Rick Perry being touted as a potential front-runner for the Republican nominee to illustrate a point: Our Presidential Selection process is broken. Not to disparage Gov. Perry - he has a decent record in Texas and seems to be a genuinely nice person. However, on a political level, the idea of a Perry Presidency is hilarious. Another Texas Governor - a good ol' boy with a drawl in his voice - pandering to social conservatives and winking sympathetically at the majority of the electorate. Does this not look familiar?
Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" (Times Books) and editor of a book assessing former President George W. Bush's administration, published by Princeton University Press. He recently wrote an op-ed about the broken system - highlighting the history of how the system has changed since Watergate.
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