State's presidential primary may be staying put

[Freddie Stubbs]

Rendell appears to back off initial rush to push date up to Feb. 5.

By John L. Micek Call Harrisburg Bureau

| Gov. Ed Rendell appears to have cooled his enthusiasm for moving Pennsylvania's 2008 presidential primary from April to February, and that could freeze efforts to give the state a bigger say in the race for the White House.

As recently as last month, Rendell appeared on the side of moving the primary to Feb. 5, 2008, saying, ''We have no input into who's the nominee at all. Does that make any sense? The state that is one of the most important in the general election has no input in the primary.''

But in a brief interview Monday before a speech plugging his education agenda, the Democratic governor seemed less enamored with the rush-to-be-early trend.

''It is absolutely insane to have it front-loaded the way it is…It'll only be the candidates who have the huge money who can survive.''

more: http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a7_5rendell.5804691apr17,0,1019950.story

[dropkickpa]

1. And pennsylvanians will still

have no say in the primaries. Fan-fucking-tastic.

[Bunny]

2. Pennsylvania: Welcome to the 19th Century.

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