BREAKING: DNC approves modified Presidential Primary schedule (CNN)

[brooklynite]

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[W_HAMILTON]

1. Oh please.

"The Biden re-election protection act" -- give me a break. There isn't one Democrat out there that could beat Biden in a primary -- believe me, just about every one of them tried in 2020. I'm so sick of the constant needling and smirky belittling of this man and his ability and his accomplishments.

[Ocelot II]

2. What bullshit. Yes, changing the primary schedule is a good thing

for a lot of reasons - one of the most important is that NH and Iowa don't accurately represent Democratic voters - but protecting Biden in the primaries for 2024 isn't one of them. It's something that should have been done a long time ago. It's good to see that Zeleny, another CNN hack, is getting pounded on Twitter.

[Atticus]

3. This! nt

[Ace Rothstein]

4. I understand moving away from Iowa but South Carolina makes little sense.

We haven't won it in 50 years. There are more competitive states with diversity that we could have recommended.

[Ocelot II]

5. Realistically, this isn't likely to happen.

NH isn't going to give up its first place position, and would just keep moving up its primary as much as it has to even if it has to be held in August.

[Bettie]

8. Isn't it in NH's state constitution that

they have to be first? So, yeah, they would just keep moving it up.

[temporary311]

6. If for some reason it has to be a southern state first,

Georgia or North Carolina make way more sense.

[dsc]

7. neither state will likely move their primaries though

NC leg is GOP (nearly supermajority) while GA has a GOP trifecta. I would be fine with NC going first but that isn't going to happen.

[treestar]

9. SC Democrats

Southern states have higher African American populations. Recall Bernie was winning until the southern states started coming in. They went for Hillary too. For the primary, it does not matter that the state as a whole votes red in the general.