May 22 2007
Florida Jumps S.C. Primary
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill Monday moving Florida’s 2008 presidential primary up to Jan. 29, the same day as South Carolina’s Democratic primary.The move could dramatically alter the Republican and Democratic presidential nominating campaigns. It puts Florida’s primary, which had been scheduled for March, behind only the Iowa and Nevada caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
South Carolina Republicans are now considering moving up their primary ahead of its tentatively scheduled Feb. 2 date in order to keep it the first GOP primary in the South.
This is really becoming absurd. We are getting to the point that pretty soon we are just going to have a national primary day all across the country and that will dramatically change the way we choose our President.
