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

The Drudge Report ^ | 19 august 2006 | drudgereport

[curmudgeonII]

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...;)

The current situation of letting New Hampshire and Iowa be the determinant of deciding who the rest of the country will for half a year later is valid if, and only if, those who vote in these states are representative of the country as a whole. I need a great deal of convincing that this is the case.
[Why not make the good folk in Alabama, or Montana, or Ohio, etc. those who make the determination for a change?]

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

I don't have a problem with that, it's just the reason for the dems doing this that I have a prob with...;)

"The goal is to increase diversity in the nominating process, according to the DNC."

South Carolina's black population is about 29 percent, and Nevada's Hispanic's population is about 23 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Nevada also has a heavy union population, 14 percent, a key constituency for the Democrats.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/22/democratic.primary/index.html

[sten]

Anyone running for president should be country first and party second.

This move shows, once again, that dems are party first... country be damned. They are all about gaining and holding power, at all costs.