Speed Voting, Polibowl
Hey folks,
Happy Wednesday to you. I have a question for you.
"Are you ready? No, I said ARE YOU READY?!?!? Then, for the boys and girls, children of all ages, Let’s get ready to,,,,, VOTE!!!" Dant, dant ,dant, tadant {Music playing}
Some of you got that.{Smile} It all started like this by this statement, or at least got a major push, by Gov. Schwarzenegger of California
"Holding our presidential primaries in June used to mean nominees were locked before we ever had a chance to vote. I'm happy to say these days are over. We will get the respect California deserves."
He is talking about "Super Size" Tuesday, February 5. This is where, so far 23, now perhaps 24, states will hold their 2008 Presidential Primary. A friend of mine pointed out this article from the Hartford Courant, a news paper out of Connecticut.
12:46 PM EDT, March 27, 2007 By MARK PAZNIOKAS, Courant Staff Writer
Connecticut would join the national stampede to an early presidential primary next year under a plan endorsed today by top officials of both parties.
The 2008 primary now scheduled for March 4 would be held Feb. 5, when 22 other states, including California, are scheduled to hold a primary or caucus.
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz bemoaned the trend toward early primaries, but she said the presidential nominations will be settled on Feb. 5.
Any primaries after that day will be irrelevant, she said.
"Connecticut didn't start this tidal wave, but we're going to ride it for now," Bysiewicz said.
Bysiewicz was joined at a press conference to endorse the plan by Republican State Chairman Chris Healy, a representative of Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo, key legislators and the advocacy groups, Connecticut Common Cause and Democracy Works.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she would favor any change that would make Connecticut more relevant to the primary process.
The legislature's government administration and elections committee will hold a public hearing Friday on the plan.
Bysiewicz said she hoped that the national parties and Congress eventually would agree on a saner election calendar that would stretch out the presidential nomination process.
As Walter Shapiro of Salon.com puts it,
Is Arnold right -- and will the candidates suddenly start spending more time in Anaheim than they do in Ames, Iowa? Does the thicket of Feb. 5 primaries (Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Texas are other major states slated for that super-dooper, party-pooper Tuesday) mean that choosing the nominees will be a mass-participation sport for the first time in history? Will the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations end up being decided by money alone? Is it true that unless a candidate can raise $150 million for the primaries (three times what Howard Dean corralled to lead the Democrats in the early going in 2004), he might as well start working on his memoirs now, since he will never have to write about his White House years? (The masculine pronoun in the prior sentence was deliberate, since Hillary is the candidate most likely to set a fund raising record).
Seems this year, EVERYONE wants to run. I’ll add to Mr. Shapiro’s questions here. Could it all be about money and fame? Do any of these people CARE about the country itself, or just power? Now with the primaries being moved up, most likely by all states, we are heading to politics 24-7, 365. Will we start talking about candidates for 2012 in February 08? There are already enough states right now to decide the winners for 08.
According to United Press International,
WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential race are plotting strategy on how to campaign with as many as 23 states seeking to conduct primary elections on Feb. 5.
One of the front-running Republican contenders, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona told The Los Angeles Times he wasn't impressed with states rushing to the early date.
"I don't think there's enough exposure of the candidates the way that there used to be, having to go state by state by state over a long period of time," McCain said.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and aides to New York Republican Rudolph Giuliani are already focusing on California, Florida and Missouri, which are all scheduled to hold the vote on Feb. 5, the Times said.
What I think McCain means is that all you heard about in the mass media is Clinton and Obama. The lesser mention candidates need the set time to go out there and make themselves known to the American people. If all the times are moved up, this will not be fair to the rest of the field.
By the way. When IS the last time you heard much about the Republican candidates? Compare the two parties. Who gets the most coverage? And people wonder why I call some of the mass media, the MMD.
I said leading up to 06, which others repeated, this election was more like a Political Super Bowl, World Series, ETC. Now leading up to the big one, the 08 Presidential election, it’s even worse. Now it seems the trend is to not let all be known, just eliminate everyone in the field and deal with the two that the MMD, and the leaders of each party want to deal with. But then again, theymove it up, they will just start campaigning earlier.
Yes folks, get your peanuts, popcorn, and take your seat. Polibowl is about to begin.
Peter
Harford Courant- State May Hold Early 2008 Presidential Primary
Salon.com- So you think you know politics
UPI- Feb. 5 a hot date for 2008 U.S. primaries
Hey folks,
Happy Wednesday to you. I have a question for you.
"Are you ready? No, I said ARE YOU READY?!?!? Then, for the boys and girls, children of all ages, Let’s get ready to,,,,, VOTE!!!" Dant, dant ,dant, tadant {Music playing}
Some of you got that.{Smile} It all started like this by this statement, or at least got a major push, by Gov. Schwarzenegger of California"Holding our presidential primaries in June used to mean nominees were locked before we ever had a chance to vote. I'm happy to say these days are over. We will get the respect California deserves."
He is talking about "Super Size" Tuesday, February 5. This is where, so far 23, now perhaps 24, states will hold their 2008 Presidential Primary. A friend of mine pointed out this article from the Hartford Courant, a news paper out of Connecticut.
12:46 PM EDT, March 27, 2007 By MARK PAZNIOKAS, Courant Staff Writer
Connecticut would join the national stampede to an early presidential primary next year under a plan endorsed today by top officials of both parties.
The 2008 primary now scheduled for March 4 would be held Feb. 5, when 22 other states, including California, are scheduled to hold a primary or caucus.
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz bemoaned the trend toward early primaries, but she said the presidential nominations will be settled on Feb. 5.Any primaries after that day will be irrelevant, she said.
"Connecticut didn't start this tidal wave, but we're going to ride it for now," Bysiewicz said.
Bysiewicz was joined at a press conference to endorse the plan by Republican State Chairman Chris Healy, a representative of Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo, key legislators and the advocacy groups, Connecticut Common Cause and Democracy Works.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell said she would favor any change that would make Connecticut more relevant to the primary process.
The legislature's government administration and elections committee will hold a public hearing Friday on the plan.
Bysiewicz said she hoped that the national parties and Congress eventually would agree on a saner election calendar that would stretch out the presidential nomination process.
As Walter Shapiro of Salon.com puts it,
Is Arnold right -- and will the candidates suddenly start spending more time in Anaheim than they do in Ames, Iowa? Does the thicket of Feb. 5 primaries (Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Texas are other major states slated for that super-dooper, party-pooper Tuesday) mean that choosing the nominees will be a mass-participation sport for the first time in history? Will the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations end up being decided by money alone? Is it true that unless a candidate can raise $150 million for the primaries (three times what Howard Dean corralled to lead the Democrats in the early going in 2004), he might as well start working on his memoirs now, since he will never have to write about his White House years? (The masculine pronoun in the prior sentence was deliberate, since Hillary is the candidate most likely to set a fund raising record).
Seems this year, EVERYONE wants to run. I’ll add to Mr. Shapiro’s questions here. Could it all be about money and fame? Do any of these people CARE about the country itself, or just power? Now with the primaries being moved up, most likely by all states, we are heading to politics 24-7, 365. Will we start talking about candidates for 2012 in February 08? There are already enough states right now to decide the winners for 08.
According to United Press International,
WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- Candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential race are plotting strategy on how to campaign with as many as 23 states seeking to conduct primary elections on Feb. 5.
One of the front-running Republican contenders, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona told The Los Angeles Times he wasn't impressed with states rushing to the early date."I don't think there's enough exposure of the candidates the way that there used to be, having to go state by state by state over a long period of time," McCain said.
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and aides to New York Republican Rudolph Giuliani are already focusing on California, Florida and Missouri, which are all scheduled to hold the vote on Feb. 5, the Times said.
What I think McCain means is that all you heard about in the mass media is Clinton and Obama. The lesser mention candidates need the set time to go out there and make themselves known to the American people. If all the times are moved up, this will not be fair to the rest of the field.
By the way. When IS the last time you heard much about the Republican candidates? Compare the two parties. Who gets the most coverage? And people wonder why I call some of the mass media, the MMD.
I said leading up to 06, which others repeated, this election was more like a Political Super Bowl, World Series, ETC. Now leading up to the big one, the 08 Presidential election, it’s even worse. Now it seems the trend is to not let all be known, just eliminate everyone in the field and deal with the two that the MMD, and the leaders of each party want to deal with. But then again, theymove it up, they will just start campaigning earlier.
Yes folks, get your peanuts, popcorn, and take your seat. Polibowl is about to begin.
Peter
Harford Courant- State May Hold Early 2008 Presidential Primary
Salon.com- So you think you know politics
UPI- Feb. 5 a hot date for 2008 U.S. primaries
2 comments:
The 2008 presidential race is indeed a Political Super Bowl. With over 20 prospective candidates, it has already started to heat up this early.
Hey meroem32,
Welcome to the OPN.
Interesting site you have there. I will definitely check it out in more detail this Weekend.
Peter
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