The Great Primary Calendar re-shuffle Megathread

[Joe Biden 2020]

From a couple of days ago:

http://twitter.com/#!/JamesPindell/status/128862520931909632

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Okay, that's what I thought, I just know how loosely a time frame can be kept.

[Joe Biden 2020]

According to the article you posted, it looks like January 10 will indeed be chosen for the first-in-the-nation primary.  This puts the nominating season starting in just 9 weeks from today with the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.

[Joe Biden 2020]

According to the Associated Press, Gardner has officially set the New Hampshire primary for Tuesday, January 10, 2012.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/02/breaking-new-hampshire-primary-date-set/

[Joe Biden 2020]

We can officially begin the countdown to the nominating season!! Iowa is just 2 months from tomorrow.

[Joe Biden 2020]

It's not necessarily over.  There's still talk of possible primary date moves in both Massachusetts and Ohio:

http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-massachusetts-talk-of-primary.html

http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2011/11/ohio-presidential-primary-back-to-march.html

But the pre-Super Tuesday calendar seems to be set.  I'll also add the dates for US territories when I get a chance.

Ohio and Massachusetts are really immaterial right now.  We've got a half dozen states or more before Super Tuesday.  January looks like a fun month before a 3-week February break.

[Joe Biden 2020]

52 days until Iowa - 51 if you don't count today.

[Joe Biden 2020]

As it stands right now, and this is a bit suprising given our competition, but Oklahoma is the 5th biggest prize on the current Super Tuesday, March 6.  We even beat out bigger states such as Massachusetts.  I believe the only states that are bigger prizes than the Sooner State are Texas, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I vote to keep it up for several months longer, maybe through the conventions.  I would also add to the OP the Convention Dates and Sites, the beginning of Mail-in balloting for the states that vote by mail, Election Day, and Inauguaration Day (not that political junkies don't know the last two dates, but just to complete the cycle).  You might change the name to 2012 Presidential Election Calendar, instead of just focusing solely on the Primaries.

I use the OP quite a bit to figure out which primary comes at what date and I would use it also for planning for the dates listed above.

[Joe Biden 2020]

If Texas does move to May 29, the Republican race could still be in flux by then, which means the two biggest prizes in any contest will vote just a week apart, Texas on May 29 and California on June 5.  How interesting...