PA moving up too?
Apparently it is being considered. That doesn’t raise expenses that much because Philly will be necessary for New Jersey, but PA is big and will take a lot of time to organize.
Georgia moving up primary date
Just peachy. But why should they stay out, with Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina being on or before Feb. 5th.
Alabama moving to same day as South Carolina
This is interesting. Alabama will be moving up to February 2nd. For Republicans, it joins South Carolina on that day, although, the article notes that South Carolina may move up. This move up is on the heels of a previous one last year. But calendar compaction is forcing the state Read more…
New York moving up?
So says the New York Post. Wow. That’s a bunch of Rudy Giuliani delegates, right? This just raises the bar. Competing in New York is incredibly expensive. Can someone really pop from Iowa and be able to raise enough money to compete in California, Florida, Illinois, New York, and New Read more…
California
Calendar stuff and new goofy GOP delegate selection processes
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 Read more…
California
California moving up
This is big and complicated. California is strongly considering moving up to February 5th. This will have an enormous impact on the race. First, the money barrier to entry just got a lot bigger. A lot. California is really really big. Second, the rules, on the Republican side, in California Read more…
Florida moving … to January?
This is remarkable: Lawmakers said Thursday they want Florida’s primary pushed up to January 2008 to increase the state’s political influence, but they may face retribution from the national Republican and Democratic parties. If that happened, Florida Democrats would lose all their delegates at the convention, according to current DNC Read more…
Illinois moving up too?
According to Capital Fax, Illinois may move up to February 5th too. Another big state and another expensive media market. It just gets harder to not be a top-tier candidate.
Strategy
The Calendar, Compression, and who it favors
Jerome Armstrong, at myDD, and Kos have started to write on the primary calendar. They have both argued that, to some extent, it favors John McCain. Two points should be made. First, it won’t be as compressed as it looks. There is strong evidence that New Hampshire will move up Read more…
NJ Moves up to February 5
New Jersey just moved up their primary to February 5th, according to the Philly Inquirer: So the Senate yesterday voted 33-5 to move the 2008 primary date up a few more weeks to Feb. 5, putting it after only the Iowa and Nevada caucuses and the New Hampshire and South Read more…