Intermarkets' Privacy Policy Support
Donate to Ace of Spades HQ! Contact
Ace:aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com CBD: cbd at cutjibnewsletter.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com J.J. Sefton: sefton at cutjibnewsletter.com Recent Entries
Daily Tech News 11 December 2024
Overnight Open Thread (12/10/2024) [scampydog] The Running of the Hounds Cafe Leftwingers Now Making Death Threats Against Altoona PA Cops for Arresting Their Murderer-Boyfriend Luigi Mangione Quick Hits Democrat-Media Party Assassin Luigi Mangione: "This is clearly unjust, and an insult to the intelligence of the American people, and its lived experience!" Mitch McConnell Falls During Senate Lunch and Injures His Head Kerry Picket: Wray Wants to Avoid Being Fired by Trump, Plans to Resign Before the Inauguration White House Officials: Trump Has Cucked Joe Biden So Completely He's Now the Currently Serving President Trump Names Harmeet K. Dhillon to be Assistant AG for Civil Rights Absent Friends
Bandersnatch 2024
GnuBreed 2024 Captain Hate 2023 moon_over_vermont 2023 westminsterdogshow 2023 Ann Wilson(Empire1) 2022 Dave In Texas 2022 Jesse in D.C. 2022 OregonMuse 2022 redc1c4 2021 Tami 2021 Chavez the Hugo 2020 Ibguy 2020 Rickl 2019 Joffen 2014 AoSHQ Writers Group
A site for members of the Horde to post their stories seeking beta readers, editing help, brainstorming, and story ideas. Also to share links to potential publishing outlets, writing help sites, and videos posting tips to get published.
Contact OrangeEnt for info:
maildrop62 at proton dot me Cutting The Cord And Email Security
Moron Meet-Ups
|
« Hillay Clinton, Woman Of The People(tm), Hasn't Driven A Car In Almost 20 Years |
Main
| Ted Cruz: Obama Should Use State of the Union Address to Apologize to America for Obamacare "Lie of the Year" »
January 27, 2014
RNC Primary Schedule/Rules For 2016 Aim To Wrap Up Nomination EarlyAh yes, the ever excited quadrennial battle over the GOP's nomination calendar. This year the GOP decided to go with a schedule that front loads the primaries to try and avoid the problems of 2012. The new rules will help protect early-voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — from others who want to rush up to the front, and allow the party to hold an earlier convention, as they look to unite and raise more money for the general election. The real challenge will be controlling the debates and most importantly, the moderators. That's going to be harder for the party because second and third tier candidates will show up at any debate no matter what the party says. These candidates won't be worried about being docked delegates because they will have no shot at getting delegates unless they breakout and debates are a path to do that. The question is, will the top tier candidates feel compelled to show up too? My guess is they won't at first but if someone starts getting traction through the unsanctioned debates, all bets will be off. As for the change to a compacted schedule, it is in response to what many felt was a protracted and damaging primary schedule in 2012. Of course, that calendar was in response to what many thought was a too compact schedule in 2008. The real issue in 2008 and 2012 wasn't the schedule, it was the lousy candidates. In fairness to the RNC, it can't control the quality of candidates so it shuffles the thing it can control...the schedule. As Quinn Hillyer points out, the shortening of the schedule tends to disadvantage grassroot efforts. While the extended schedule in 1976 enabled Ronald Reagan to launch a near successful insurgent campaign against Gerald Ford (a loss that set up his win 1980), the 1996 primary calendar protected Bob Dole. Indeed, rarely has an early end to seriously contested primaries done much to help that party’s candidate. In 1988, George H. W. Bush effectively got the Republican nod long before Michael Dukakis secured the Democratic bid, but that didn’t stop Dukakis from building a 17-point lead over Bush (before Willie Horton, a bad tank photo, and an emotionless debate performance sank the Democrat). In 1992, Bill Clinton’s long and messy nomination battles with Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown didn’t keep him from winning the presidency. In 2000, Al Gore coasted to the Democratic nomination while George W. Bush had his hands full with John McCain, but Bush won in the fall anyway. On balance I prefer a longer campaign but I don't think it matters much. It's hard to look at any candidate and say they won or lost the general election because of the length of the primary campaign. Ultimately, it's about candidates and the electoral environment. One reform I'd like to see is something one of the other co-bloggers suggested (it might have been Slu or CAC. Update: I've been informed this is the brainchild of one Mr. John Ekdahl.) and that's a series of regional primaries held over the course of a few weeks that would be followed up by individual primaries in larger and/or key states. This would be something like a playoff system where candidates could in a sense pick which regional primary(s) they'd compete it in and then face-off in the other individual primaries to determine the eventual nominee. This would enable candidates to have more than one path to the nomination (IA or NH, then SC followed by FL). It would also give less well known candidates time to develop name recognition, money and a chance to make their case to voters. No matter what system you have it will come down to candidates but as long as we have this linear slog over a single, well worn path, the only options the party will have will be this constant swing between shorter and longer calendars with the same results. | Recent Comments
Skip :
"Thats hauling AOP ..."
JQ: "Ugh. Exhausted but wide awake... last load of wash ..." JQ: "One of the best local burger chains in the country ..." Altaria Pilgram: "Never eaten at a Burgerville. Not likely I ever wi ..." Alberta Oil Peon: "Well, my beer is all gone, and sleepiness has set ..." Altaria Pilgram: "At least the VW Beetle was pretty sure-footed in s ..." JQ: "Never eaten at a Burgerville. Not likely I ever wi ..." Alberta Oil Peon: "I am drinking a can of "Pig's Ass Porter" from Har ..." Alberta Oil Peon: "Montana was mostly a white out blizzard the whole ..." Altaria Pilgram: "Was so very happy when they completed the I205 byp ..." JQ: "Was so very happy when they completed the I205 byp ..." Altaria Pilgram: "Taking a major road trip through Western Canada / ..." Recent Entries
Daily Tech News 11 December 2024
Overnight Open Thread (12/10/2024) [scampydog] The Running of the Hounds Cafe Leftwingers Now Making Death Threats Against Altoona PA Cops for Arresting Their Murderer-Boyfriend Luigi Mangione Quick Hits Democrat-Media Party Assassin Luigi Mangione: "This is clearly unjust, and an insult to the intelligence of the American people, and its lived experience!" Mitch McConnell Falls During Senate Lunch and Injures His Head Kerry Picket: Wray Wants to Avoid Being Fired by Trump, Plans to Resign Before the Inauguration White House Officials: Trump Has Cucked Joe Biden So Completely He's Now the Currently Serving President Trump Names Harmeet K. Dhillon to be Assistant AG for Civil Rights Search
Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Primary Document: The Audio
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings) George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party" Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?" Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance Collective Names for Groups of People John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive" Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments John Edwards Campaign Excuses John Kerry Pick-Up Lines Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney Torments in Dog-Hell Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny More Margaret Cho Abuse Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed" Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means Wonkette's Stand-Up Act Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report! Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet The House of Love: Paul Krugman A Michael Moore Mystery (TM) The Dowd-O-Matic! Liberal Consistency and Other Myths Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate "Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long) The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) |