“The GOP had better do something about Iowa and NH being first and second next time around,those states are a joke. “
Since the GOP doesn’t control NH law, there isn’t much they can do about the NH problem.
State law allows “unaffiliated” voters (who are about 1/3 of the total in NH) to vote in either primary they choose on election day. So mushies like Mittens get gobs of votes from liberals.
State law also requires that the primary election be held before any other state’s primary. No matter what the national party does in other states, the NH Secretary of State will have to schedule the primary on the Tuesday before the earliest other primary.
All the national party can do is reduce NH’s delegates to something insignificant. The party can’t tell the state how to hold elections, and the state can’t tell the party how to use the results of those elections.
“All the national party can do is reduce NH’s delegates to something insignificant.”
Then I am for reducing NH’s and ALL open-primary states’ delegates to one.