FL Makes A Move - Jan 29 Presidential Primary

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

:lolbang:Okay, it's pretty clear now, y'all -- we need to make that new forum for Flori-duh Follies and Foilbles. This is just crazy.

And can you please announce NOW, Fred?


Florida moves to wipe out clout of smaller states with Jan. 29 presidential primary: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-fprimary22mar22,0,4643105.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines)

Tallahassee – Hoping to muscle Florida into a pre-eminent role in picking next year's Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, the state House voted Wednesday to leapfrog almost all the other states and set a Jan. 29 primary, with an option to go even earlier.

The change, championed by House Speaker Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, and approved 115-1, is part of a national rush by states coveting the clout of Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states have enormous sway in choosing presidential candidates, even though they are small and, some say, unrepresentative of the nation's people and politics. The proposal must still pass the Senate.

[Lazarus]

This whole thing has become foolish... Any government with the slightest ounce of common sense would move now to make all state primaries on the same day and be done with it... But then, we are being ruled by politicians and they love the offset state primaries - It allows them to gauge who has the momentum at any point during the primary season... Its a great tool for shoring up GROSS INCOMPETENCE...!!!!:flame:

[Rhino]

One problem. Primaries are not fed controlled, nor are they part of the federal election system. They are brainchilds of the parties themselves, and governed by the states in which they are held.

[The_Elucidator]

This will pretty much give us our two candidates by this time next year. That means we will be bombarded by nonstop 527 infomercials for 8 freakin' months. Just think for the first time we will have our candidates before the NFL draft.

[Timberwolf]

Wonder if Vegas will be offering odds on "crazy people shooting at political candidates"?

TWO months is enough to drive one nutzoid...can't imagine what will happen with 6 EXTRA months of "fueling the fires that be"....