From Crooks and Liars:
Won’t someone please stop the madness?
According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state’s primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15. This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who really wanted to move the primary to Jan. 8. Others wanted the primary on Jan. 22 as a way to, essentially, play ball with the other early states. There was a nice window being created for a Jan. 22, 2008 event. But by moving to Jan. 15, this will put pressure on the other early states to either entertain a December event or lobby the two national parties to not sanction Michigan at all.
According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state’s primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15. This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, who really wanted to move the primary to Jan. 8. Others wanted the primary on Jan. 22 as a way to, essentially, play ball with the other early states. There was a nice window being created for a Jan. 22, 2008 event. But by moving to Jan. 15, this will put pressure on the other early states to either entertain a December event or lobby the two national parties to not sanction Michigan at all.
The state senate is going to move a bill next week and it will be legislatively driven; the state will pay for the primary, not the two parties.
3 comments:
Why wait, why not have the primary on Christmas Day, or better yet, New Year's Day when the voters are still hung over?
(Seeing that the voters were sober for the last two pres. elections, maybe we would be better off if they were still a little tipsy).
Or maybe Kwanzaa.. LOL!
It's getting ridiculous...
You think Americans can figure out what day (actually days) Kwanzaa is????
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