Huckabee is leading in Iowa and dead last in New Hampshire. I have written before about the screwed up primary system in this country and this is proof.
Michigan tried to move up its primary to January but Iowa and New Hampshire moved theirs up even earlier AND the Democratic Party punished Michigan by telling Michigan Democrats that their delegates will not be seated at the Democratic convention denying them a vote at the convention.
What the hell is all that about?
Well, number one it is about money. Iowa gets millions of dollars as the presidential candidate’s campaign there. They also get power by deciding who gets to run for president; many candidates give up if they fail in Iowa or New Hampshire.
My question is why are Iowa and New Hampshire in such powerful positions in our presidential election process?
Iowa is all for Huckabee; maybe a nice fellow but a Baptist preacher with no chance in hell to make president or am I wrong? Carter had no chance also and was pretty religious.
New Hampshire is made up of independent twits who hold no party loyalty. Why are they in this dominant position? Who in the hell are they to choose who I vote for?
I think every state Democratic Party and Republican Party should hold their primaries when they want regardless of what the national party thought! Sure, the nationals should have control over the national conventions but let the states decide when, where and how they hold primaries.
Michigan and Florida, trying to hold early primaries, represent a wider swath of the American population than the farmers of Iowa or the independents of New Hampshire; let the population of more diverse states have a say.
I think Michigan will battle for their right to hold early primaries and I hope Florida does also and I hope if the National Democratic Party wants to punish either state; we punish them – let’s think of the ways we can!
Michigan tried to move up its primary to January but Iowa and New Hampshire moved theirs up even earlier AND the Democratic Party punished Michigan by telling Michigan Democrats that their delegates will not be seated at the Democratic convention denying them a vote at the convention.
What the hell is all that about?
Well, number one it is about money. Iowa gets millions of dollars as the presidential candidate’s campaign there. They also get power by deciding who gets to run for president; many candidates give up if they fail in Iowa or New Hampshire.
My question is why are Iowa and New Hampshire in such powerful positions in our presidential election process?
Iowa is all for Huckabee; maybe a nice fellow but a Baptist preacher with no chance in hell to make president or am I wrong? Carter had no chance also and was pretty religious.
New Hampshire is made up of independent twits who hold no party loyalty. Why are they in this dominant position? Who in the hell are they to choose who I vote for?
I think every state Democratic Party and Republican Party should hold their primaries when they want regardless of what the national party thought! Sure, the nationals should have control over the national conventions but let the states decide when, where and how they hold primaries.
Michigan and Florida, trying to hold early primaries, represent a wider swath of the American population than the farmers of Iowa or the independents of New Hampshire; let the population of more diverse states have a say.
I think Michigan will battle for their right to hold early primaries and I hope Florida does also and I hope if the National Democratic Party wants to punish either state; we punish them – let’s think of the ways we can!
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