Only a strong "virtual" candidate will win a super primary. It is obvious

[CK_John]

that retail campaigning for Feb 5th is a physical impossibility. We will muddle along this Feb, but the best candidate will spend 5-10 hours a day getting live feeds(or bring local newscaster to a studio) for local TV stations newscasters.

Right now, IMO only Romney(with Bain clearchannel), Bloomberg, and Christian Broadcasting Network have the technical ability or $$$ to pull it off.

This will be the last hurray for Iowa and NH.

[Tesha]

1. It's okay; NH and Iowa are both far too white and too Republican...

It's okay; NH and Iowa are both far too white and
too Republican to have anything to do with choosing
the Democrats' candidate.

In NH, we allow independents (technically, "un-
declared" voters) to cross-over into either primary,
and we Democrats routinely have a huge cross-over
of "independents" into our primary. But these
"independents aren't really independent; they're
just Republicans who register as independent because
their wives would refuse to sleep with them if they
registered as the gay-hating, women-hating, gun-
loving Republicans that they really are.

The faster the Democrats cut their ties with NH,
the better it will be for the national party.

Tesha

[CK_John]

2. True they never were representative of the populace, but they provided

great memories of another time, sitting around waiting for the early midnight returns from NH.

[beyurslf]

3. They long ago should have been tossed aside. Who anointed them with the

power to choose our candidates anyway?

[CK_John]

4. They took the job very serious and most gave them the benefit of doubt. n/t