The Great Primary Calendar re-shuffle Megathread

[bgwah]

http://blogs.sos.wa.gov/FromOurCorner/index.php/2010/12/reed-proposes-suspending-2012-presidential-primary/

The Democrats already base all of their delegates off the caucus (not that it would probably matter in 2012 anyway), but the Republicans usually base 1/2 off the caucus and 1/2 of the primary.

Right-wingers do fantastically in our caucuses, so I think this is worth nothing. This greatly increases the likelihood that someone like Palin or Huckabee will win Washington in the 2012 Republican primary. Robertson won the 1988 caucus, after all.

[bgwah]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone like Paul won in the 2012 GOP caucus, he nearly won in 2008 (or did he actually win? I still am not clear about what happened with the bizarre GOP counting in 2008).

McCain won with something like 25% of the vote... But the Republican Party acted very suspiciously during the whole ordeal. Some people were speculating it was rigged to stop Paul.

It certainly at least makes someone like Romney winning less likely, IMO.

[bgwah]

Update: it's official. Washington has canceled its presidential primary. Washington will definitely be a top target for Paul and whoever becomes the religious right candidate.

[bgwah]

What source do you have for the Washington GOP's caucus date? (I'm hoping it's okay I don't feel like reading 12 pages of this thread to find out!)

[bgwah]

What source do you have for the Washington GOP's caucus date? (I'm hoping it's okay I don't feel like reading 12 pages of this thread to find out!)

It's just a guess from the Green Papers:

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/events.phtml?s=c

which I think is just based off of when they held it last time.

Oh, I see. Well, I believe they previously based it off of the primary, which the state canceled. So I was curious if the state GOP could schedule it at a different date.