DEMS VOW SANCTIONS AGAINST CANDIDATES WHO THWART NEW CALENDER...

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[sten]

DEMS VOW SANCTIONS AGAINST CANDIDATES WHO THWART NEW CALENDER
Sat Aug 19 2006 11:16:47 ET

The Democratic National Committee moved on Saturday to penalize 2008 presidential candidates who defied a new nominating calendar designed to lessen the longtime influence of New Hampshire and Iowa -- the two states that have traditionally kicked off the nominating process.

The NEW YORK TIMES will report on Sunday: The sanctions would be directed at candidates who campaigned in any state that refused to follow a proposed calendar that the committee was preparing to approve.

Any candidate who campaigned in a state that did not abide by the dates of the new calendar would be stripped at the party convention of any delegates won in that state.

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[sten]

now why would they do this? oh yea... hildabeast polls VERY badly in these states... so... try to discount them...

[L98Fiero]

Party above all else. Old Uncle Joe would be so proud.

[headstamp]

The Democrats are imploding into the Lenin Party.

Must see TV.

[GoLightly]

Aren't primary dates set by the states, not the parties?

[curmudgeonII]

For once the Demos got something right. We do need to get some emphasis on states other than Iowa and New Hampshire.
They've been largely responsible for the string of left wing loonies that the Democrats have nominated in the last several national elections.

[Skip Ripley]

More evidence of the bullying tactics of the left. The will of the people be damned, the party line must be followed.

[Bob J]

I thought the pols were elected to represent their districts and states...not their political parties?

[OldFriend]

LoL......tantrums R us!

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

"They've been largely responsible for the string of left wing loonies that the Democrats have nominated in the last several national elections."

no offense, but how have the good people of Iowa been responsible for the nuts the dems trot in front of us? Don't forget, it was IA that put dean out of the race...;)

[Erik Latranyi]

This is an opportunity for Hillary to distance herself from the Dean wing and take full control of the Democrat Party on the basis of "tradition".

[The_Reader_David]

Oh my! Will the Democrats have a schism into Old Calendar and New Calendar Democrats?

[Conservative Goddess]

Ah yes, the tolerance of the left is now on display for all to see. Likewise that commitment to upholding free speech. /sarc

[Erik Latranyi]

Actually, this will help the candidate that has the most cash at the START of the primaries as they must campaign in multiple states at once, not just Iowa and New Hampshire.

Again, this plays right into Hillary's hands.

[IpaqMan]

How does the rule apply if you campaign in Massachusetts before the NH primary? Most of southern NH can pick up Bay state TV stations.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

no offense, but how have the good people of Iowa been responsible for the nuts the dems trot in front of us? Don't forget, it was IA that put dean out of the race

Iowa has also given us that eternal communist a$$ clown Tom Harkin...:-)

[chiefqc]

If they are willing to turn on themselves, what makes the voters think that they will serve them instead of themselves?

[thoughtomator]

So much for free speech.

[Mo1]

Gee ... what happen to that big tent the dems like to brag about?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

"In 1977, to eliminate any possible future encroachment on the state's tradition of being first, the Legislature further amended the law setting the election date to read, "On the second Tuesday of March, immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold -a similar election, whichever is earlier..... By taking this action the traditional town meeting date and the presidential primary date were once again identical as they had been in 1916"

http://www.politicallibrary.org/NEW_HAMPSIRE_FIR%20(F)/build/index.htm

This should get interesting. NH's law has them always first.

[marblehead17]

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