Comments on: Dems Move First Primary To California? http://donklephant.com/2006/05/02/dems-move-first-primary-to-california/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meredith http://donklephant.com/2006/05/02/dems-move-first-primary-to-california/comment-page-1/#comment-20322 Meredith Tue, 02 May 2006 15:13:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=2184#comment-20322 Why NH and Iowa in the first place . . . especially NH? Maybe someone already explained this before. Does anyone really live there? Just kidding, but still . . . . Why NH and Iowa in the first place . . . especially NH? Maybe someone already explained this before. Does anyone really live there?

Just kidding, but still . . . .

]]> By: Michael Reynolds http://donklephant.com/2006/05/02/dems-move-first-primary-to-california/comment-page-1/#comment-20318 Michael Reynolds Tue, 02 May 2006 14:54:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=2184#comment-20318 This would be a huge pro-Hillary move. Anyone can spend enough to play in NH, it's where dark horses go to gain traction, but CA costs major, major cash. Hillary will have the money going in. Many have tried to dislodge NH and failed. It's an industry for those people. Still, even squeezing CA into second place, say a week after NH -- or even dispense with the traditional Tuesday and hold it over the weekend -- would have the effect of diminishing NH. Whatever happened in NH or Iowa people would say well, let's see what happens next week (or this weekend) in CA. It would make it hard for an NH winner to attract money. This would be a huge pro-Hillary move. Anyone can spend enough to play in NH, it’s where dark horses go to gain traction, but CA costs major, major cash. Hillary will have the money going in.

Many have tried to dislodge NH and failed. It’s an industry for those people. Still, even squeezing CA into second place, say a week after NH — or even dispense with the traditional Tuesday and hold it over the weekend — would have the effect of diminishing NH. Whatever happened in NH or Iowa people would say well, let’s see what happens next week (or this weekend) in CA. It would make it hard for an NH winner to attract money.

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