The September 27 Sacramento Bee asks California Governor Jerry Brown to sign SB 568, which moves all California primaries from June to early March. The same editorial also asks him to veto SB 149, the bill to keep candidates off the presidential primary ballot unless they reveal their income tax returns. Thanks to Carla Marinucci for the link.
Given that more and more states are moving their Presidential primaries to March, the entire strategy of running Presidential candidates will change dramatically. Major contenders will have to enter the primary season with an overwhelming amount of cash to cover all the March primaries. Weaker candidates will concentrate on regional campaigns in March. The overall result, IMO, is that the chances of deadlocked conventions will increase. Maybe that’s what the political establishment wants to better manipulate the conventions.
See the manipulations by the top hacks in the 1860 conventions (esp the various Donkey conventions) — about 750,000 DEAD on both sides in 1861-1865.
NO caucuses / NO primaries / NO conventions
PR and AppV