So that's the compromise:
...adding caucuses rather than primaries in states voting immediately after Iowa. This would allow both Iowa and New Hampshire to claim that each preserved elements of their coveted first-in-the-nation status, while also bowing to critics who have long complained that the traditional calendar is unfair to other states.
But here's the fallacious conclusion:
If such a recommendation were adopted, it likely would diminish the influence of two small states that for decades have enjoyed outsized influence in picking presidential nominees, and would cause aspiring presidential candidates to rethink their strategies about travel and spending, and potentially even their campaign messages, in pursuit of the nomination.
Wrongo. It cements Iowa's 2004 status as The Whole Ball Game.
No comments:
Post a Comment