tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3187996755655394539..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: AS IF WE COULD EVER RETHINK THE IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTESTS, EVEN IF WE WANTED TOSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30376845806048173662015-12-23T22:13:23.999-05:002015-12-23T22:13:23.999-05:00East of the Rockies is New York to me.
Ain't ...East of the Rockies is New York to me.<br /><br />Ain't nothing out there I need.<br /><br />As in: doesn't represent me.<br /><br />Don't give a damn.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-91812526170661537902015-12-23T19:44:10.145-05:002015-12-23T19:44:10.145-05:00It actually makes a lot of sense for the first sta...It actually makes a lot of sense for the first states to be small ones. It forces the candidates to do retail, one-on-one politics and to at least eyeball some regular folk. Also it provides an opportunity for a breakout candidate like Jimmy Carter who probably never could have been successful starting in, say, Pennsylvania or New York.<br /><br />But it doesn't have to be the same fucking two states every goddamn cycle. There are lots of small states that could serve the same good purposes. It'd be great to see what would happen if candidates weren't required to pledge allegiance to ethanol, for example. Maybe they'd pander to Big Sweet Potato down in Mississippi. We know they're gonna pander, it'd be nice to get a little variety, though.<br /><br />Nonetheless, as you say, it isn't going to happen. Election season always reminds me of Christmas because of the hoary, often meaningless, crap that always has to happen and seems to make the pundits just as giddy as when we were kids decorating the tree every year. That said, we did get rid of the execrable Iowa straw poll this year, so that's something. mlbxxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931351723996391533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-14279930852511037712015-12-23T18:48:42.661-05:002015-12-23T18:48:42.661-05:00Okay, okay, everyone take a seat. No, not that way...Okay, okay, everyone take a seat. No, not that way, Irving: keep it up & you'll be on report sure, mister. Shiela, we're ahsking PLEASE stop doing that to the boys or we'll have to speak to your folks again. The rest of you, settle. I said, SETTLE! Now...announcements: we're to say that whoever it was thaht stole all the fia extinguishuhs, fun's fun but we need them bahck now, so I'm authorized to say if they're returned by noon tomorra, there'll be no police investigation. Also, the mayah and the chief constable police are saying no more using rooftops for weekend snipa practice. Finally, as any of you who still watch TV or are able to read may know, we're holdin' the state prim'ry Februhary 9th, so mahk your calenduhs. Josh, will you PLEASE stop snappin' the back of Hilda's head with thaht rula! Anyway, as I was sayin', the GOP prim'ry's set for heah on Feb 9, and layta today some of the second tia cahndidates, looks like, lemme read this heah...yep, they're all gov'nahs, pahst or present, not from HEAH, but still. Anywho, the gov'nahss...Christie from New Jersey, Ohio gov'nah Kaysick - that's his name Eddie, not a conditional statement - and, I'm pretta sure a Bush, George Senyah's boy John, I reckon,, they'll all be comin' in straight ahfter the p.m. recess. What's thaht, Cha-lene? I understand they're all gonna ask you folks vote for them, and rahfrain from actin' out like a bunch of ignorant tom fool yahoos and poo-flinging baboons in voting for ... let me read this again; yep: that human viral cyst, Donald Trump, or thaht cretinous zoo'd out Ben Cahson, or the feller with that crazy Grampa Sam Dracula mask ... hold on: I'm bein' told that's no mask. Anywho, they's all gonna ask you to stop actin' like human be-ins who feel betrayed by theyah pahty an vote like good reliable obedient Rahpublican sheep, uh, votahs, cuz they's outsidahs watchin'.Feud Turgidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379322096770703017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-28467928067107392912015-12-23T16:21:53.461-05:002015-12-23T16:21:53.461-05:00Somebody's got to be first. Why not Iowa and N...Somebody's got to be first. Why not Iowa and New Hampshire? It never seems to make a difference. Even if they pick the winner first by accident. What galls me is the media's incessant hype. We never get a rest. Every two years we have an election and right after it the media starts the hype again. It's boring and most folks like me tune it out.retiredenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693405694592881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-11965709002477097282015-12-23T16:10:45.522-05:002015-12-23T16:10:45.522-05:00Our media love easy political horse race stories t...Our media love easy political horse race stories that are like kid's jigsaw puzzles - simple to put together.<br /><br />And that's what those two states offer.<br /><br />Who would want to deal with NY and CA if they were the first two?<br />Nobody.<br />Hell, even if the first two states were IL and CO, no one in the media would want that.<br /><br />Better to let the political horse race narrative build, and then call the stretch-run, when it'll be easier to spot the potential winner.<br /><br />Starting with the bigger states would reduce the field too quickly.<br />Better to let the quirky smaller states weed-out the losers. Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com