As the voters of Iowa go to the polls today for the first Presidential Primary, TRs words still ring true. “Are the American people fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves?”

Click on the link below for an excerpt from Geofreey Corwan’s new book:Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.

Teddy Roosevelt Defends the Presidential Primary In 1912, the popular third-party candidate stressed “the right of the people to rule” in the first election to truly test the primary system. BY GEOFFREY COWAN February 1, 2016