Wow, I never thought Michigan would make this much political news, Michigan One Step Closer to Jan 15 . I thought I would provide some highlights, then you can click the link to read the rest of the story.
- Michigan's Senate voted to hold a presidential primary on January 15th -- which would completely change the primary landscape. But the bill still has to pass the House, and could face serious changes before being signed into law.
- While both political parties have agreed to the new date, and Democratic Governor Jennifer Granhold has reportedly expressed her support for the bill, Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer has badmouthed the Senate version of the bill -- and expressed support for a caucus instead of a primary. He's also said the bill does not meet DNC requirements, and is unacceptable.
From what I have been hearing, Mark Brewer is an Edwards supporter. And a Democratic caucus in Michigan would be better for Edwards, as oposed to a primary
- The DNC rules and bylaws committee meets this weekend in Washington to discuss penalizing states that move their primaries to January without party consent -- including Florida and possibly Michigan if the current bill is signed into law as written.
Bite my big toe.
- A January 15th primary would force New Hampshire to move up to January 8th at the latest, since state law requires a week between New Hampshire's primary and any similar election. That would force Iowa to break it's state own law requiring a week between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary -- or risk caucusing on New Year's Day or in 2007. One scenario would have NH on the 8th and Iowa on the 7th, which could backfire on Levin and enhance NH's importance. Candidates are likely to pick either Iowa or New Hampshire -- and, calculating that the one day bounce out of a top tier finish in Iowa isn't worth spending millions of dollars, many could pull out of Iowa altogether to focus on NH. Either way, it seems that Iowa is under the gun.
- A January 15th primary would force New Hampshire to move up to January 8th at the latest, since state law requires a week between New Hampshire's primary and any similar election. That would force Iowa to break it's state own law requiring a week between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary -- or risk caucusing on New Year's Day or in 2007. One scenario would have NH on the 8th and Iowa on the 7th, which could backfire on Levin and enhance NH's importance. Candidates are likely to pick either Iowa or New Hampshire -- and, calculating that the one day bounce out of a top tier finish in Iowa isn't worth spending millions of dollars, many could pull out of Iowa altogether to focus on NH. Either way, it seems that Iowa is under the gun.
Why is this a state law in New Hampshire and Iowa? Let's put the American people first. Like I have said before, "buyers remorse" could happen. Iowa is such a nice happy little state with the perfect little towns and homes. Michigan is different. The nation and the candidates need to see what has happened to the state of "What's good for General Motors is good for the country." This is the best way for that to happen.
I know I said I would only highlight parts of the article, but I thought it was all important, so I posted it all.
God Bless from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan!
6 comments:
psh, who cares about stupid old Michigan? I think Indiana should have a primary before your state.
:P
-Kevin
www.ktracy.com
In all honesty though, front loading the primaries and pushing them up is terrible for Mike Huckabee's candidacy. He doesn't have the money for a 50 state, national advertising campaign like Romney does.
Even if Huckabee wins Iowa, Romney would then go on to win New Hampshire and Michigan, which then give Romney ALL the momentum in the race and Huckabee would be playing catch up with less money. He'd take the role of John Edwards in 2004.
You're a proud Michiganian like I'm a proud Hoosier. I understand where you're coming from, but consider the consequences not just for Mike Huckabee, but for your state if the RNC and DNC tell your state you don't get any delegates for the National Convention, then it wouldn't matter who you vote for in the caucus or primary.
You did not just say "stupid old Michigan", did you?
Oh, I did!
Not sure Huckabee has the cash to compete period. In that sense he's on the short end of this one... that said, without this change the GOP will likely have a closed convention that would be run on the floor by the McCain camp (they're master conventioneers) and Huckabee's challenges still wouldn't look good. At least now he gets to spread his message to a wider audience.
--Nick
www.RightMichigan.com
It's rather sad that this always has to come down to who has the most cash.
My momma always said that money can't buy common sense. Just becuase his competitors have money doesn't mean they have common sense.
This way his message will get to be heard. I would love to see Mike Huckabee make a few stops in Flint and Detroit, before or after the Mac Conf. His message would resonate with the layed off GM workers, especially those with Southern roots.
Most of them like my grandpa, who retired just in time, are family orinated. They don't like the Liberal Social views of the Dems. They think most Reps are high-falutant. Mike Huckabee's message would make sense to them.
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