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Republicans moving to overhaul 2016 primary process
CNN ^ | December 11, 2013 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 12/11/2013 8:58:49 AM PST by kobald

A handful of Republican Party officials is quietly advancing a new batch of rules aimed at streamlining a chaotic presidential nominating process that many party insiders viewed as damaging to the their campaign for the White House in 2012, multiple GOP sources told CNN.

In a series of closed-door meetings since August, handpicked members of the Republican National Committee have been meeting with party Chairman Reince Priebus in Washington to hash out details of a sweeping plan to condense the nominating calendar, severely punish primary and caucus states that upend the agreed-upon voting order and potentially move the party's national convention to earlier in the summer, with late June emerging as the ideal target date...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New Hampshire; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: cnn; fff; finos; gope; gopestablishment; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; rino; rinos
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To: kobald

Are they gonna run any candidates that don’t suck? Primary process doesn’t matter if they make it the 3rd campaign in a row with nobody that deserves my vote.


21 posted on 12/11/2013 9:21:39 AM PST by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
"Reform should start by nixing this idiotic Iowa/New Hampshire start."

Bingo!

No "reform" should go forward without eliminating this archaic and harmful process.

22 posted on 12/11/2013 9:22:06 AM PST by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Mike Huckabee actually did something right with his forum format.

Only 1 candidate on stage at a time and they were held to the topic of themselves and their own policies.


23 posted on 12/11/2013 9:22:40 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

The seemingly never-ending ‘debates’ and multiple primary days all across the country is very expensive and tiring on both the candidates and the electorate.

I remember the night comedians, Leno, Letterman, etc, making fun of the long debate process of what was it 20+ debates?

Plus the George Stepinalloverus loaded questions and other liberal media tricks and mischief would be limited.............


24 posted on 12/11/2013 9:25:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: lormand

The Iowa Caucus is just an absurd practice….and it’s nothing but a fund raiser for the Iowa parties….way outsized in importance. Meanwhile, NH is an oddball little population with a lot of cross over voters. Neither does a good job of picking a Republican winner…..tho it works great for Dems.

The first real primary of any kind of reasonable electorate is SC, which even tho a smallish state, has a turn out of more than Iowa’s weird caucus and NH’s tiny populations combined….but then it’s on to huge Florida after only one “normal” state.


25 posted on 12/11/2013 9:28:00 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: kobald
severely punish primary and caucus states that upend the agreed-upon voting order

Yes, that's the ticket to success!!!
Frickin MORONS lost Florida Twice with these "punishments" and now they line up behind Hillary. They might not see it that way - or they might and just don't care but that's where it seems to be headed. I will start practicing saying "president Hillary Clinton"

26 posted on 12/11/2013 9:28:28 AM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: kobald
Anything to stop the circular firing squad would help.

Personally, I'd recommend approval voting.

The candidate with the most approval of the party wins. That would tend to be the most unifying of the candidates.

27 posted on 12/11/2013 9:30:15 AM PST by freerepublicchat
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To: kobald

Those old rules gave us Romney and McCain, how could the new rules be worse?


28 posted on 12/11/2013 9:34:16 AM PST by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: lormand
No "reform" should go forward without eliminating this archaic and harmful process.

Put the first primary in Texas...ok, I'm biased.

And get rid of open primaries.

29 posted on 12/11/2013 9:35:10 AM PST by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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To: kobald

exactly what they are doing


30 posted on 12/11/2013 9:36:02 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Meanwhile, NH is an oddball little population with a lot of cross over voters.

Red Hampshire ALSO hosts a lot of out of state voters on Election Day...come on up some time and check out the busses and cars with Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine plates...the first Tuesday of November is not exactly part of tourist season.

31 posted on 12/11/2013 9:38:28 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: discostu
Had anyone bothered to read the article, they would see that these changes are actually a positive move for conservative candidates.

-- Any state holding a primary or caucus during the first two weeks of March must award its delegates proportionally, rather than winner-take-all.

The measure is designed to prevent a candidate from catching fire in the early states and then riding a burst of momentum to winner-take-all victories in expensive, delegate-rich states such as Florida or Texas. The early March window would give underfunded, insurgent candidates a chance to prove their mettle.

"It will allow a grassroots candidate to stay in the race and try to raise money and score some wins," said Smack. "If they can't score wins by that time, they probably need to pack it in and try again four years later."

32 posted on 12/11/2013 9:41:36 AM PST by meadsjn
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To: meadsjn

Not if we don’t have any running.


33 posted on 12/11/2013 9:43:11 AM PST by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

“That would be terrible for many reasons, including playing into establishment hands.”

How!


34 posted on 12/11/2013 9:46:22 AM PST by malia
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To: kobald
No, they are killing the open caucus process which is dominated by the Dems.
35 posted on 12/11/2013 9:48:07 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: kobald

You can bet once again Texas will wind up having no say as to who the nominee is.


36 posted on 12/11/2013 9:50:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: kobald

any primary process that comes up with Dole,McLame, Mitt or even another damned Bush is seriously screwed up.


37 posted on 12/11/2013 9:56:39 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: nascarnation

you mean real horse shit like candy crowley?


38 posted on 12/11/2013 9:57:33 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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Some items being discussed include:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/14/republican-party-weighs-a-2016-shakeup-with-midwestern-primary.html#url=/articles/2013/11/14/republican-party-weighs-a-2016-shakeup-with-midwestern-primary.html

“Midwestern Super Tuesday” after the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida

regional primary system

Convention by Mid July at the latest

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39 posted on 12/11/2013 9:58:51 AM PST by deport
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To: kobald

For the RNC, it’s chaotic. For GOP voters, it’s freedom of speech.


40 posted on 12/11/2013 10:06:02 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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