By the time Texas gets to vote in a primary....Iowa and NE states have already chosen the candidate.
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If Ron Paul comes in first or second in Iowa, IMO, they are no longer relevant and should lose their “first in the nation” status.
Consider what a vote for Paul would mean, in actuality.
Is it not a vote for "none of the above"?
And wasn't that the meaning of Iowa's vote in 2008? Wasn't Huckabee a proxy for "none of the above"?
And wouldn't that constitute an incisive and perceptive vote both times around: None of the above?
If only the GOP Establishment would listen more closely to the message being sent by Iowans...
I think ALL primary elections should be the same day. That keeps the snowbirds from voting in more than one primary. Same as the general. I've heard people brag about voting absentee in their home state and voting here in Texas.