I'm posting here 'cuz it is about Dem Primaries

[irisblue]

Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) Tweeted:
Iowa and NH’s days on top are numbered.

“But the highest-ranking African American lawmaker in the House said during an interview with C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” that Iowa shouldn’t play such an outsize role as an early vote state...” https://t.co/PMCzPK2SrQ

Link to tweet

?s=20

I have not seen the Cspan video


And Tom Perez is on short time.

[UniteFightBack]

1. You damn skippy !!!!!!!!!!!! nt

[Cha]

2. I agree with this..

“’Iowa should be in the mix, but we shouldn’t launch the entire campaign with such a small sampling with what the country’s all about,” he said.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. Ditto!

[2naSalit]

3. They better get on top of that

and at least they look like they are at the moment.

[showblue22]

4. Who has the power to change it?

That is what I want to know.

[irisblue]

5. Welcome to DU

the DNC CEO is Seema Nanda.
She isn't going to ignore very unhappy high level Dems in Congress.

Source--https://democrats.org/news/dnc-announces-seema-nanda-as-ceo/

Remember when Wasserman-Schultz left in '16?

[showblue22]

6. I thought it was something in Iowa State law?

[irisblue]

7. The Iowa Caucus Wiki has alot more to say

snip--"In 1972, Iowa was the first state to hold its Democratic caucus, and it had the first Republican caucus four years later.[9]

Under Iowa law, political parties are required to hold caucuses every two years to select delegates to county conventions and party committees.[2]

[showblue22]

8. Thank you .

I'm hoping for change.

[BlueMTexpat]

11. Why are you putting

this on the DNC?

The STATE parties run the caucuses and primaries.

Eta: role of the DNC in the primaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee#Campaign_role

"The DNC establishes rules for the caucuses and primaries which choose delegates to the Democratic National Convention, but the caucuses and primaries themselves are most often run not by the DNC but instead by each individual state. [Emphasis mine.] Primary elections, in particular, are invariably conducted by state governments according to their own laws. Political parties may choose to participate or not participate in a state's primary election, but no political party executives have any jurisdiction over the dates of primary elections, or how they are conducted."

[BlueMTexpat]

10. The caucuses and primaries

are run by STATE parties.

NOT by the DNC.

Why are some blaming Perez?

He's doing the best he can.

[denem]

12. Yeah - if only we could have skipped IA in 2008.

EDIT: This issue is not the demographics.

[denem]

13. And yeah - lets kick Iowa- to death.