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<p>leoti, the following appears to be something along the lines of what is happening:</p>
<p>Let’s assume that this letter was sent by the Senator after all the Representatives had comprised their slates, and that it was sent to every candidate who had received a prior nomination. Even if this isn’t true, it seems to be the norm in a lot of cases. Now let’s further assume that each of the Representatives did a superb job and selected the absolute ten best of the candidates in their district to fill each slate. This then leaves only the far lesser qualified candidates in each district eligible for the Senator’s slate. Next step. One and only one candidate from each of the slates will be offered a principal nomination. From the Representative’s slates, this is great. But from the Senator’s picks, they were all subpar. However, if a single candidate is minimally qualified, he will be offered a principal nomination. He will be offered a nomination at the expense of every 2-10 on every other slate in the state. All these remaining district nominees will be relegated to alternate status and the highly competitive national pool. Totally unfair. It is probably a good thing that no one understands the nomination procedures. There would probably be a few MOC public lynchings. If the Senator had simply submitted the names of the top candidate in each district as his slate, since no one needs two appointments, Admissions would have been able to sort it out and they would have been able to offer a principal nomination to the top second district qualifier in the state. The way it should be. And the way that is almost impossible to make happen the more that the MOCs attempt to become ‘involved’. Also, by only accepting subpar candidates and with the ability to slip in one definite ‘ringer’, it is a practice ripe for cronyism, either with a constituent or with a favored Representative. </p>
<p>leoti, barring your LOA, how would you like to be #2 in your district and lose out on a principal nomination to #11 who just happened to be #1 on a Senator’s subpar list.</p>