Change is hard to accept, but the simple fact is that Iowa and NH and other sundry bellwethers of the political past have had their day.
Totaled their clout is worth warm spit compared to the big Southern states and Super Tuesday.
Hillary knows it.
Rudy knows it - but their respective party organizations are still run by citizens from the states which have a collective total of a dozen or so electoral votes.
How many FReepers know that Florida now has a larger population than NY?
The legal census won’t come in time for that to affect the 08 election, but the fact remains. - the demographics are changing as people desert the NE and fly South for Redder pastures - and contrary to popular opinion, not all of them are bringing the old habits with them. They know...
Few people in Florida give a damn about the Iowa caucus and don't care at all for the huckabebe. - His chance here is solidly between zero and nil, and nil has left the building
I agree with you, but one thing disturbs me about the Florida primary. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Florida get penalized by the Republican Party and will now have fewer (or no) delegates at the convention? If that’s true, does that fact alter your view of this year’s process?