the Democratic Primary schedule was in place before Kerry won anything

[JI7]

the schedule for the democratic primary was in place before kerry won anything. and i believe it was in place before anyone even really entered the primary contest.the delegates for each state were assigned before also. it was well known that there was a possibility that a candidate might end up getting enough delegates before all the states had voted. it's up to the candidates to decide how they want to run and what the best strategy is to win based on the factors in place. the early primary was something all the candidates knew about.

also, every single democratic candidate who ran in the primary this time around said they support keeping iowa and new hampshire the first in the nation to vote for the democratic primary system.

[lapauvre]

1. So?

What's new?

Nothing. If Kerry wins, it won't be because he is Kerry. It will be because GWB is GWB.

[JI7]

2. it will be for many reasons

some will vote for him because they like him. so will vote for him because they don't like bush.

but the fact remains that he already won the first election round and did very well there which is the primary. and in the primary it was a vote FOR kerry. and more voted for him than anyone else.

and i'm bringing this up because some people act as if kerry took away their right to vote or some other crap just because their state holds a late primary. as if the schedule would have been different if someone other than kerry had won.

[Old and In the Way]

3. "because their state holds a late primary."

And if the primaries were held at the same time they'd complain that his (money,name,connections enabled him to win.

Frankly, I'm happy as hell that Kerry won decisively in so many contests. It ought to be apparent that he has wide and deep support of of the rank-and-file of our Party. And every day, people are looking as our salvation from this dumb and crooked administration.

[bklyncowgirl]

4. Win Iowa and New Hampshire you won the whole thing

A decisive win for Kerry in the Iowa Caucuses, set the stage for his win in New Hampshire. That was Dean's strategy as well. Kerry was further favored by Dean's Scream and Clark's decline in New Hampshire as the ABD voters moved over to Kerry. Edwards won South Carolina, Clark won Oklahoma and after that it was all Kerry all the time.

As far as all of the candidates saying that they favored keeping Iowa and New Hampshire as the first states in the nation to vote, I can't imagine that any of them would be stupid enough to say that they wanted to change this before the primaries. In fact I can't imagine any politician who thinks he or she might ever want to run for president saying that either--not after someone dredged up Dean's critical (and essentially valid) comments on the Iowa caucuses on some obscure Canadian talk show. Irate Iowans got back at Dean big time.

Iowa and New Hampshire ain't going away any time soon even though you can have alot of fun playing "count the black people" in the crowds at campeign rallies in those two states.

[emulatorloo]

5. Um, there are black people in Iowa

Besides that my take is that Iowa and NH are both manageable states to start a campaign in, money and travel wise.

And my experience in Iowa is that people really take the caucuses seriously, go out of their way to make sure they are highly informed, see the candidates at least once. etc etc etc.