New York moves its primary up to Feb. 5

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Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed a bill Monday moving New York's presidential primary to Feb. 5 — a change that could benefit the Democratic and Republican front-runners,Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, both New Yorkers.

Nearly a dozen other states, including California and New Jersey, have already moved their primaries or caucuses to Feb. 5 or are about to do so. About a dozen more are considering such moves, setting the stage for what is quickly becoming known as "Super-Duper Tuesday" just 22 days after the leadoff Iowa caucuses.

"Moving the primary date to February, we will help secure New York's large and diverse population an influential voice in selecting the 2008 presidential nominees," said Spitzer.

Democrat Spitzer's move is expected to mean a big early haul of national convention delegates for Clinton, a New York senator, and for Giuliani, a former New York City mayor. The two New Yorkers, respectively, lead national polls for the Democratic and Republican nominations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070409/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_primary

[Auggie]

1. Wow, this is going to be interesting

[damntexdem]

2. We need a new rule:

no primaries or caycyses before May 1 of an election year.