http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/ Covering the 2008 election Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:44:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-2150 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:05:54 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-2150 [...] First, Bill Gardner, the NH’s Secretary of State is set to move up the New Hampshire primary to January 14th, 2008. Iowa would then have to move up too, as David Yepsen notes. There’s an important undercurrent here. Both of these are swing states, and the DNC rules would strip both of these states of their delegates if they move up. In both of these states, protecting their special status in the Presidential nominating process is important enough to be something that people actually vote on. If the Democrats are on record opposed to the New Hampshire primary’s status, it could make it easier to win back a lot of those seats that the GOP lost in 2006. [...] […] First, Bill Gardner, the NH’s Secretary of State is set to move up the New Hampshire primary to January 14th, 2008. Iowa would then have to move up too, as David Yepsen notes. There’s an important undercurrent here. Both of these are swing states, and the DNC rules would strip both of these states of their delegates if they move up. In both of these states, protecting their special status in the Presidential nominating process is important enough to be something that people actually vote on. If the Democrats are on record opposed to the New Hampshire primary’s status, it could make it easier to win back a lot of those seats that the GOP lost in 2006. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-640 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:34:43 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-640 [...] If that happened, Florida Democrats would lose all their delegates at the convention, according to current DNC rules. [...] […] If that happened, Florida Democrats would lose all their delegates at the convention, according to current DNC rules. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-52 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:10:38 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-52 [...] (Incidentally, I don’t think that this can be right because the Dems changed their rules to strip delegates from states that pick delegates before Feb. 5) The catch is, of course, that this is an expensive media state: Nonetheless, mischief-making with the country’s primary calendar would doubtless cause consternation among national party officials and candidates from both parties. California is one of the most expensive markets to campaign in, and an early primary date would require huge expenditures early in the season. [...] […] (Incidentally, I don’t think that this can be right because the Dems changed their rules to strip delegates from states that pick delegates before Feb. 5) The catch is, of course, that this is an expensive media state: Nonetheless, mischief-making with the country’s primary calendar would doubtless cause consternation among national party officials and candidates from both parties. California is one of the most expensive markets to campaign in, and an early primary date would require huge expenditures early in the season. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-28 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:04:30 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-28 [...] David Broder — a fellow University of Chicago alum — wrote a great article on the Dem calendar shuffle which I have written on here and here. First he points out the history of Dem calender rule-changes: This way lies madness, and madness is what the Democrats have wrought. When they started tinkering with their rules after the 1968 election disaster, they unleashed a fierce competition among the states to be at the head of the line, where the contests have the greatest impact on weeding the field and crowning the eventual winner. [...] […] David Broder — a fellow University of Chicago alum — wrote a great article on the Dem calendar shuffle which I have written on here and here. First he points out the history of Dem calender rule-changes: This way lies madness, and madness is what the Democrats have wrought. When they started tinkering with their rules after the 1968 election disaster, they unleashed a fierce competition among the states to be at the head of the line, where the contests have the greatest impact on weeding the field and crowning the eventual winner. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-20 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:32:52 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/19/dems-move-up-nv-and-sc-screw-nh/#comment-20 [...] A professor at the University of New Hampshire has an interesting op-ed in today’s WaPo about the New Hampshire Primary and the recent shift of the primary schedule by the Democrats. A lot of attention has been focused on the racial/diversity issue, which was the argument that the DNC used to move up Nevada. But the point that I found interesting was this: But unlike Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina, New Hampshire has a strong, broad-based economy with a significant concentration of high-tech companies and global exporters. In many respects its economy represents the nation’s (hoped-for) economic future. It’s a very good place for candidates to test out economic ideas and principles and to learn from workers and entrepreneurs. [...] […] A professor at the University of New Hampshire has an interesting op-ed in today’s WaPo about the New Hampshire Primary and the recent shift of the primary schedule by the Democrats. A lot of attention has been focused on the racial/diversity issue, which was the argument that the DNC used to move up Nevada. But the point that I found interesting was this: But unlike Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina, New Hampshire has a strong, broad-based economy with a significant concentration of high-tech companies and global exporters. In many respects its economy represents the nation’s (hoped-for) economic future. It’s a very good place for candidates to test out economic ideas and principles and to learn from workers and entrepreneurs. […]

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