(Michigan) "State grabs 1st primary" -- in Detroit Free Press
No fricken way - Awsome!
I live in MI and I'll be voting on 1/15/08.
Suck it, Iowa!
"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." - Henry David Thoreau
They may have moved theirs, but NH will be following suit. NH state law requires it.
Both will be penalized delegates, of course.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free." -Göthe
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure." - Robert LeFevre
Isn't this, bad, for us?
NH has stupid state laws.
"You know not what you are given, but forever will you know what has been taken away from you..."
"As long as we live beyond our means we are destined to live beneath our means." - Ron Paul at a CNBC Debate in Michigan (10/09/07)
Trying to cut down on the time Ron Paul has for growing the grassroots army.Originally Posted by 0zzy
I think this is good for us. Especially if the Republican Party sticks to it's guns and limits the number of delegates for the convention for states that jump the gun. With their delegates cut in half, the results of those contests are less meaningful. If they're less meaningful then the party doesn't have a clear winner until later in the process. This costs money. That is if you don't have a small army of activist supporters. This will become a knock-out, drag-out. I think that favors a grassroots campaign.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1188...googlenews_wsj
Who benefits from the new timetable? The front-loaded schedule favors big-name candidates with the money and organization to run expensive media campaigns in many states. In the past, with state primaries spread out over the course of several months, lesser-known, underfunded candidates could build momentum by campaigning door to door.
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
The next few days will be interesting. Primary schedules have to be handed into the RNC HQ on Sept 4th.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free." -Göthe
"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure." - Robert LeFevre
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