[Congressman Billybob]

As I described it, the individual states would separately choose to use the same date for their primaries (at least 60% of them). I agree with you that there is a major difference between national (meaning forced by Congress) and national (meaning created by states cooperating).

The first means undercutting the powers of the state legislatures. The second means affirming those powers. Quite a difference and I agree with you in preferring the latter.

Billybob

[streetpreacher]

I've read more of the replies and your answers and see that now. I think that we might all be overreacting. Anyway, I could only opt for the second choice (that of states cooperating), and many states might be willing to go along with it just to give New Hampshire and Iowa a black eye.