Wednesday, January 30, 2008

And the Field Narrows

This, in my opinion, is one of the problems of the non-simultaneous primaries that are part of the presidential election. Serious contenders are dropping out with only a handful of states really getting to be heard. I hold no animosity towards Iowa or New Hampshire, and I fully support the tiered voting of the electoral college, but why should failing to win Florida mean you drop out of the race without even hearing from, say, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, or California?

And another strike against Hillary - the Democratic Party says Florida's votes won't count in the primary because they broke the rules. But after 'winning' the primary she promises to try to get them counted anyway. Why do I doubt she'd have done the same thing if someone else came in first?

Hold your breath for Super Tuesday...

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