Florida Primary Election 2012: Date Of Contest Set For January 31

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/florida-primary-election-_n_988942.html

Florida's Republican presidential primary contest will be held on January 31, 2012, instead of March 6. The scheduling change is likely to ruffle feathers among Republicans in other early primary states.

The AP reports:

A special committee made the decision Friday, thwarting efforts by national GOP leaders to push back the nominating process.

Officials in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina have said they'll change their dates to stay ahead of Florida.

Those four states are the only ones allowed to go before March 6 under Republican and Democratic party rules.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20110930/us-florida-primary/

[Pab Sungenis]

1. How long before the primaries start in December?

This is getting ridiculous. Set one national primary day for the first week of June and be done with it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. We should have never sat all of the Florida delegates in 2008.

Yes, I know each party has their own rules for delegate counts, but we set a bad precedent with that one.

[Hoosier Daddy]

3. Iowa on Halloween

Entirely appropriate, as most of the GOP candidates are just plain fucking scary!

[dtexdem]

4. Well, thank goodness it isn't something important.

;-)