This May Be Progress!: Iowa & NH Primaries May Lose Status

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Looks like Ed Rendell & Carl Levin are tired of Iowa and New Hampshire picking our presidential candidates. It's about time someone of stature took up this issue. Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and California (ie: the big blue states) should have priority in picking our candidates. Fuck Iowa and fuck NH!


Shaheen and Shumaker will serve on DNC nomination calendar commission

By JAMES W. PINDELL
PoliticsNH.com

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 – The Democratic National Committee formed a 40-member commission on Friday charged with making recommendations on how the party should go about nominating their party’s presidential candidate – and whether that process should begin in Iowa and New Hampshire .

Among those named were former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and former Ambassador Terry Shumaker, both from New Hampshire . They are expected to lay out the benefits of keeping the New Hampshire tradition of holding the first primary since the 1920s alive.

Countering them will be those from Michigan ’s DNC member Debbie Dingell and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who oppose the primary. Also aiding them is Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell who has been on record against the New Hampshire primary.

The idea of the commission was formed in February of 2003 when Dingell and Levin sent around a letter to Michigan Democrats asking them to hold their presidential caucuses on the same date as the New Hampshire primary.

more here:
http://www.politicsnh.com/archives/pindell/2004/Dec/12_10dnc.shtml