The death of Super Tuesday?

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The death of Super Tuesday?
By McKay Coppins | The Daily Beast – 5 hrs ago


Pundits have hyped it. Candidates have built entire campaigns around it. And it has long served as the climax of presidential primaries. But next year, “Super Tuesday”—that one-day cluster of contests that has long served as the zenith of presidential primaries—will shrink to near oblivion. And the result, experts say, will be a 2012 race unlike anything the country has seen in decades.

The calendar is still in flux, but assuming the current dates hold, next year’s Super Tuesday will include just nine primaries, down from 24 in 2008.

The reasons for the sudden downsizing are varied. Red states are jockeying for greater influence on the GOP race this year by moving up their primary dates. Meanwhile, blue states are pushing their contests back into the spring, happy to extend Republican infighting as long as possible (and support the unchallenged Democratic incumbent). And with the Great Recession wreaking havoc on local governments’ budgets, some states are simply canceling the primaries altogether—or consolidating them with statewide elections—in order to save money.

The shift could fundamentally redefine the way the parties nominate their candidates—and alter the course of next year’s presidential primary race. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-sarah-palin-012-presidential-race-death-024013923.html

[Major Hogwash]

1. It's just like that one line in Dumb and Dumber . . .

"So you're saying that I've got a chance."

LoL

Bachmann just doubled down on her chances!!!
I love it.
Bring on the Mitt!!!

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2. I bet internet voting would be the most cost effective.

I think the tea party came in with about 15 percent participation. voting should be mandatory and easy.