Hawaii Caucus First Next Time?
 |
James Joyner | Thursday, January 3, 2008 |
Matthew Yglesias, noting that the Iowa Caucuses are largely a media event and that it’s really cold in Iowa in January, proposes a novel solution: “the first-in-the-nation Hawaii Caucus.”
It wouldn’t be any sillier than what we have now. Of course, it would be somewhat more inconvenient for the candidates to shuttle between Hawaii, DC, and New Hampshire. But since Iowa’s “retail politics” is supposed to be at least partly a test of stamina, that’s really a feature rather than a bug.
Image Credit: Hawaii for Obama via Google.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
- Huckabee Unaware of Iran Report
- Does Iowa Mean Nothing to the GOP?
- Hillary Clinton Campaign Imploding?
- Richardson Backs Obama as Iowa Fallback
- What is it with South Carolina?
- Ron Paul Third in New Hampshire?
- Obama Wants to be President of all 57 States
- Romney Wins Wyoming Caucuses
- Candidate to Be ‘Swift Boated’ Monday
- The New Hampshire Primaries: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
- Geither at Treasury, Richardson at Commerce
- Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State
- Terrorism Going Away?
- James Jones as National Security Advisor?
- Mark Cuban vs. SEC
- Spider Drawing in Lieu of Money
- Goolsbee Victim of Reverse Discrimination?
- Talk Radio Killed Conservativism?
- E=mc2
- The World of 2025
Of course, it would be somewhat more inconvenient for the candidates to shuttle between Hawaii, DC, and New Hampshire.
Of course, if B. Hussein wins the Presidency the Axis of Evil will likely launch another attack on Hawaii and assert an occupation of our soil.
And because Hussein is reflexively anti-troops, he will destroy the military to the extent that the Axis of Evil's Pearl Harbor II will be successful.
By the time 2012 comes around, Hawaii will likely be part of Hussein's Indonesian homeland, repopulated with Mosques and madrassas.
I suspect the seed of this idea comes from a reporter or campaign operative who was freezing their butt off in Iowa or New Hampshire.
Of course I would suggest that the partys hold a random draw for the first primaries. Say you draw on 1/1 and hold the primary on 3/1. It would effectively shorten the whole campaign as the initial state wouldn't be known until 2 months before the primary.
Comments are Closed
