re: #60 Rightwingconspirator

What if California (or NY) were the first state to have it’s primary? What a very different election season that would make.

Would make a big difference since we’d see a wider cross section of the electorate. Again Iowa and NH are very specialized segments of America. More so NH. Huckabee won in Iowa back in ‘08 and while everyone thought he was the man he didn’t win in the end. Republicans need to remember that if they expect to in in ‘12 they have to also win over independents and some Democrats. They can’t do that with a Bachman or a Gingrich. They’ll learn it the hard way come next year.