SC GOP Primary to be Jan. 19; New NH primary date likely announced tomorrow too

[Tender Branson]

BTW: When is the deadline for the primary/caucus calendar ? What´s the date all states must have their respective primaries/caucuses set ?

[Tender Branson]

BTW: When is the deadline for the primary/caucus calendar ? What´s the date all states must have their respective primaries/caucuses set ?

The RNC has supposedly set the day after Labor Day (for you European commies that's September 4 over here not May 2) as the day that dates must be set in stone, but I can't see how they will enforce that.  BTW, New Hampshire and Iowa have laws that require a one week period so if they decide to keep the same days of the week, that would make New Hampshire January 8 and Iowa December 31, altho I can't see Iowans mixing a caucus with New Year's or Christmas, so Iowa might get bumped up all the way to December 17 if they insist on holding the caucus on a Monday night.

Thx for the info, I´d love to see a Christmas Caucus, coupled with the chilly winter "feeling" ...

PS: Labor day for us Commies in Europe is on May 1, not May 2 ...

[Tender Branson]

BTW: When is the deadline for the primary/caucus calendar ? What´s the date all states must have their respective primaries/caucuses set ?

The RNC has supposedly set the day after Labor Day (for you European commies that's September 4 over here not May 2) as the day that dates must be set in stone, but I can't see how they will enforce that.  BTW, New Hampshire and Iowa have laws that require a one week period so if they decide to keep the same days of the week, that would make New Hampshire January 8 and Iowa December 31, altho I can't see Iowans mixing a caucus with New Year's or Christmas, so Iowa might get bumped up all the way to December 17 if they insist on holding the caucus on a Monday night.

Thx for the info, I´d love to see a Christmas Caucus, coupled with the chilly winter "feeling" ...

PS: Labor day for us Commies in Europe is on May 1, not May 2 ...

Which makes the day after Labor Day when?

Ah sorry, read it too fast ...

[Tender Branson]

The "penalty for early primaries/caucuses" is a Democratic-only thing, right?

No. I think the RNC scraps half the delegates for candidates who campaign there.

[Tender Branson]

Since when do NH and IA matter because of their delegates, anyway?  It's all about momentum.

That´s correct, but the Democratic voters of a renegade primary state are the ones who suffer, because their vote is not worth anything at the convention.