Posted on 09/17/2011 3:13:44 PM PDT by Clairity
In the final days before states submit their primary and caucus plans to the Republican National Committee, the GOP is sweating bullets over the possibility that a gang of rogue states could still wreak havoc on the 2012 presidential nominating process.
One state, Arizona, has already announced that it will violate RNC rules and hold its primary on February 28 - a full week before joint RNC-Democratic National Committee rules permit states to do so. Michigan's legislature is also moving toward scheduling its vote for the same date.
Then there's Florida, a repeat offender when it comes to calendar mischief, which has empaneled a committee to choose an election date that’s expected to fall before the RNC-sanctioned date of March 6.
The RNC cutoff for states to schedule their elections is October 1—and some states may even blow that deadline.
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If they all had their primaries on the SAME day, we wouldn’t have to worry about it! We have 1 voting day for the FULL election, so why all this whoohaw about different voting days for primaries - Say make it March 1st for EVERYONE! Get it all overwith in 1 day....
Well, I’ve always wondered why small states like Iowa and Vermont get to have so much power in choosing our candidates. In 2008, did Vermont go for McClame? On the other hand, I worry that if AZ goes first, McClame will get renewed delusions of grandeur and jump into the race, thinking he has a chance.
I wonder when SC will have to hold their primary to still be the “first in the South”? It’s going to be an interesting election year......
The whole political process is now money-driven, and the funds needed to command control of the propoganda machines in "all 57 States" for ONE date would be prohibitive, and hence, is opposed by the Establishment of BOTH Parties.
And another thing, I kind of blame the whole ethanol boondoggle on Iowa’s early primary. Every politician that wants their support in the caucus has to cow tow to the ethanol folks.
Ohio is a battleground state but doesn’t have any say on the nominee.
The March primaries would be more or less a weeding-out affair. Candidates with say, at least 20% of the vote, would move on to the June primaries in which delegates will be awarded to candidates accordingly to take to their national conventions for the formal nomination process.
Now when I say "national" primaries, I am really saying 50 separate state primaries - which happen to be held on the same day. This is so we can preserve the Electoral College.
Can you make it March 2nd? I’m busy the 1st. Thank you.
*gasp* states acting like sovereign entities. Heresy!
So why not make it the same day for each state to hold their primaries? I think the voting is skewed when a state or several states that are more liberal or more conservative gets to go first. Thus sealing up the outcome before the other states have a chance down the line.
Yeah, March 1 is my birthday and I’d prefer to not have it sullied.
Sounds good to me because with such a system, people in the various states, knowing that the whole country is voting would mitigate the degree to which they might vote for a candidate based mostly on local factors. This would force them to think about the good of the country as a whole.
I don’t think it is just to get more impact. By the time Florida had its primary in 2008, it was all over but the shouting. We had a choice between Romney and McCain. Some choice.
Could this be Sarah Palin's way of telegraphing what has been her plan all along?
Could she have the "rogue" states all wrapped up, completely outflanking the GOP ruling-class RINOs?
Heh!
Democrats are going to flood the open primaries with Romney votes
The ruling-class RINOs have to have way of controlling things, or some "rogue" candidate (anybody come to mind) might outwit and outmaneuver them.
Not mentioning any names, of course.
But...but...what if Sarah hasn't announced by March 1st?
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