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......
Ohio is a battleground state but doesn’t have any say on the nominee.
*gasp* states acting like sovereign entities. Heresy!
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
In an effort to make state GOP voters even less relevant, the primary has reverted to June.
These shifting calendars are a fools errand. Iowa & NH be damned. We have George McGovern to thank for their outsized power in the nomination process. It was during his run that the DNC gave them prominence and the GOP followed their lead in later cycles. Now it's entrenched stupidity.
This always bothered me that there was this grand bargain between 'pubs and 'rats. Who cares what or how the 'rats do 'it'. Seems to me pubs should plan and do what's best for pubs, 'rats be damned. All kinds of shenanigans happen when its the same day, and I suppose other kinds of mischief might occur with separate days. There is also the efficiency/cost factor with separate days... but the gain might be that 'pubs would have a better chance at designing a primary system that generated better (and more "true" republicans - conservatives!) candidates.