Florida to hold Jan 31 2012 GOP primary

[ghengis86]

http://m.cnn.com/primary/_jtvQKm-iZBmdGlQFNr

Screws up GOP primary season. Good for Cain, bad for Perry, meh for RP?

[bluesc]

Interesting that they would do that after what has happened recently.

Bad for Ron. He needs as much time as possible to prep for Iowa and NH especially imo.

[ghengis86]

Florida would lose half its delegates if they went against the RNC, so they may just be attention whoring.

[bluesc]

Florida would lose half its delegates if they went against the RNC, so they may just be attention whoring.

They would have lost them if they held their primary in Feb anyway, which apparently they were going to do. They just wanted to go before Georgia. Both would be great for Mr. Cain.

[phill4paul]

They would have lost them if they held their primary in Feb anyway, which apparently they were going to do. They just wanted to go before Georgia. Both would be great for Mr. Cain.

This is what I was thinking. Whomever gets an early bump in the primaries will have that momentum working for them.

[wgadget]

Hmmmm........HOW many Iowans and NH-erites will come out with a vengeance to vote for Ron to screw with the cheating Floridians?

[bluesc]

This is what I was thinking. Whomever gets an early bump in the primaries will have that momentum working for them.

Iowa, NH, S.C and Nevada will go before Florida and Georgia regardless. This just means more campaigning and money in those 4 states. Ron can win 2 of them :)

Half of the delegates earlier in the calender will always bring more influence. Early states are about momentum, not delegates.

The states have to submit their dates before Saturday either way.

[wgadget]

They would have lost them if they held their primary in Feb anyway, which apparently they were going to do. They just wanted to go before Georgia. Both would be great for Mr. Cain.

But Cain is huge in GA...?