How soon liberals forget...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...ENJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jgkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3010,3895563
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/1231/Democrats-seek-to-shorten-primaries-rein-in-superdelegates
http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...ENJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jgkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3010,3895563
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/1231/Democrats-seek-to-shorten-primaries-rein-in-superdelegates
Remember those interminable Democratic primaries of 2008, with Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton duking it out well into spring?
The Democrats want to avoid a rerun, and a party commission has recommended fixes to the system: Change the voting rules for “superdelegates” and delay the start of the caucuses and primaries until Feb. 1 at the earliest.
In 2008, the Democrats’ first nominating event, the Iowa caucuses, was held on Jan. 3, and the first primary, New Hampshire, was just five days later, on Jan. 8. The candidates’ final push for those crucial first contests overlapped with Christmas and New Year – not much fun for anybody.