Comments on: Sabato’s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAY http://themoderatevoice.com/17475/sabatos-crystal-ball-super-tuesday/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 07:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17475/sabatos-crystal-ball-super-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-133171 DLS Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:18:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/primaries/super-tuesday/17475/sabatos-crystal-ball-super-tuesday/#comment-133171 "Perhaps most troubling, the mystique surrounding Iowa and New Hampshire has played a role in prompting the other 48 states to follow suit. The phenomenon of front-loading, or states pushing their primary dates forward to gain national attention, poses a major challenge to the nominating calendar. "<br><br>[NOTE: This writeup includes a number of good proposed solutions. -- DLS]<br><br><a href="http://www.centerforpolitics.org/reform/report_nominating.htm">http://www.centerforpolitics.org/reform/report_...</a><br><br><br>"Consider this as a reform: Every four years there is a lottery, run by the interested political parties, which picks one state to hold the first primary. Then a week later the other 49 states vote on the same day. This is a compromise, and the state that has more influence in the election changes every four years."<br><br><a href="http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1447">http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1447</a> “Perhaps most troubling, the mystique surrounding Iowa and New Hampshire has played a role in prompting the other 48 states to follow suit. The phenomenon of front-loading, or states pushing their primary dates forward to gain national attention, poses a major challenge to the nominating calendar. “

[NOTE: This writeup includes a number of good proposed solutions. -- DLS]

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/reform/report_…

“Consider this as a reform: Every four years there is a lottery, run by the interested political parties, which picks one state to hold the first primary. Then a week later the other 49 states vote on the same day. This is a compromise, and the state that has more influence in the election changes every four years.”

http://nospeedbumps.com/?p=1447

]]> By: U.s. Presidential Primary » Sabato’s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAY http://themoderatevoice.com/17475/sabatos-crystal-ball-super-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-110369 U.s. Presidential Primary » Sabato’s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAY Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:51:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/primaries/super-tuesday/17475/sabatos-crystal-ball-super-tuesday/#comment-110369 [...] The Moderate Voice - Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti... wrote an interesting post today on Sabatoâ??s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAYHere’s a quick excerptSabato’s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAY January 31st, 2008 by Holly in Cincinnati Rhodes Cook, Senior Columnist at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, presents SUPER TUESDAY: A vast and varied test Ready or not, here it comes… Super-Duper Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday, Monster Tuesday, or whatever name one chooses to call it. The huge, historic nationwide vote Feb. 5 is at last at hand. Two dozen states from Massachusetts to California will vote next Tuesday, electing more than 40 percent of all Democratic an [...] [...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on Sabatoâ??s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAYHere’s a quick excerptSabato’s Crystal Ball: SUPER TUESDAY January 31st, 2008 by Holly in Cincinnati Rhodes Cook, Senior Columnist at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, presents SUPER TUESDAY: A vast and varied test Ready or not, here it comes… Super-Duper Tuesday, Tsunami Tuesday, Monster Tuesday, or whatever name one chooses to call it. The huge, historic nationwide vote Feb. 5 is at last at hand. Two dozen states from Massachusetts to California will vote next Tuesday, electing more than 40 percent of all Democratic an [...]

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