The states of New Hampshire and Iowa believe they have some God-given right to essentially pick who our presidential candidates will be by holding their nominating contests before all other states.
It’s a mighty undemocratic way to operate a democracy.
This week has brought a new low. New Hampshire, acting like the typical spoiled child, is complaining that Nevada Republicans can’t hold their caucuses on Jan. 14, which is only four days after the primary in the Granite State.
Four days after. This is such a big deal that New Hampshire may move it’s primary into December.
Whiners.
I’ve been waiting for the national parties to take on the early-primary/caucus monopoly of New Hampshire and Iowa. But they are too chicken to do much of anything. Nevada Sen. Harry Reid managed to wrangle this state into the mix, which as we see isn’t setting well with New Hampshire.
You see, New Hampshire has a state law that says it’s primary has to be at least 7 days prior to any other primary or caucus, except Iowa.
So I say we should really screw with those arrogant SOBs. The Nevada Republicans should create a policy stating that the date of the party’s caucuses will always and forever be the first Saturday after New Hampshire, period, end of discussion. So, no matter what New Hampshire does, Nevada would still break their sacred 7-day window, even if these New England crybabies set their primary in October.
Perhaps we could get other states to follow suit, setting their presidential contests relative to Iowa and New Hampshire, to create more of a mess that neither of these two states can stop.
Then maybe the national parties can finally put a stop to this madness and chose which states go first by lottery. States that want to have early contests in January or February can put their names in a hat, and the winners get those early spots.
New Hampshire and Iowa will not like that solution. So what? They can drown their sorrows with tax-subsidized ethanol they manage to pressure presidential candidates to support every campaign season.
It’s time to stop letting the tail wag the dog.
