This is becoming silly. The Drudge Report just posted a story indicating that elected officials in Florida want to get more attention and not simply be an ATM for candidates. They therefore voted 115-1 to hold their primary on January 29th and kept the doors open to move that up if other states follow suit. My earlier idea may become a reality as this game plays out. That post suggested Thanksgiving as the day to open the polls so that we can start voting for these “turkey’s” sooner and force them to spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing the “tarnished” gold ring.
OK Juice readers.
What’s your opinion on the impact of these wild actions that could lead to extended terms in office for some incumbents?
What impact will McCain Feingold have on this accelerated action?
McCain Feingold is clearly unconstitutional. Those who voted for it are guilty of sedition.
The musical chairs game that is being played with the primaries is just more mental masturbation by the parties. My personal opinion is that the smaller states should have them earlier than the large states. The reason is, that smaller candidates get a chance to get their ideas out and increase the discussion. The less well funded players have virtually no chance in the large market states like CA, IL, FL and NY, simply the costs are way too high when you have to pay the media in the large markets. Small market gains add up to greater “news” exposure and therefore increased contributions. Then they can afford the large market races. I also understand the desire to drive the debate by the populace states. The real question should be less ego driven, and more production oriented. Do you want the best candidate or the best at raising funds? Since we seem to be driven by egos rather than need, we will end up getting what we deserve. May God have mercy on our souls and nation.
In a way, this is all kind of funny. 🙂 The logical end result of this trend is for all states to hold their primary on the same earliest-possible day.
Come to think of it, this might be a good thing! Can even the most well-funded candidates campaign in all states at once? Might this help level the playing field?
Oh well, we could hope… 🙂
And the’re off. Perhaps we should have a “win-place-show” contest to see which state will hold the earliest presidential nominating meeting.
Today’s LA Times headline. “Nevada GOP moves up caucus date–again.”
Nevada officials are looking at Jan 19th, “five days after Iowa’s January 14th caucuses and three days before New Hampshire’s first- in-the-nation primary on Jan.22.”
Juice readers. I can’t speak for any prizes by Art, as ours is a non-profit low budget blog, but it might be fun as we follow this ” I want to be first” political maneuvering game to see how good you are are predicting which state will end up first, second and third in hosting the earliest presidential primary.