[parksstp]

SPIN!!!

There’s no problem, here. The states will schedule eventually as follows when funding becomes available:

IOWA TUES JAN 8
NH TUES JAN 15
NEVADA SAT JAN 19
SC TUES JAN 24
FL TUES JAN 31

Problem? What Problem? Looks pretty close to the 2008 schedule if you ask me? I think WY also head a caucus the same weekend as NV.

[Verginius Rufus]

It's nuts to start the primaries so early in the year--February or March would be early enough. You wind up with the nominee decided and then several months of dead time before the conventions.

Wasn't it in 2008 where one state, I think Michigan, violated the national party's rules and held the primary too early, so the candidates were supposed to boycott the primary, but one candidate "forgot" to withdraw his name and walked off with some extra delegates? I think that was only on the Democrat side.