On June 14, the New Jersey Senate State Government Committee passed the S2695. This is the National Popular Vote Plan.
Reply
The U.S. Supreme Court released some opinions on June 14, but the campaign finance challenge to the McCain-Feingold law was not among them. The next opinion day will be Monday, June 18. The campaign finance case is Federal Election Commission v Wisconsin Right to Life.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll released on June 13 shows that no Republican enjoys support from as much as 30% of the voters who plan to vote in Republican presidential primaries. The poll, based on 1,008 voters, shows: Rudy Giuliani 29%, Fred Thompson 20%, Mitt Romney 14%, John McCain 14%, Mike Huckabee 3%, Ron Paul 2%, Tommy Thompson 2%, Sam Brownback 1%, Jim Gilmore 1%, Duncan Hunter 1%, Tom Tancredo 1%, other or undecided 12%.
It is quite possible that the Republican National Convention itself will make the meaningful decision as to who the Republican presidential nominee will be. That would make for a very short general election campaign, since that convention is not until September 1-4, 2008.
The same poll also polled Democrats, but that field is not so split, since Hillary Clinton enjoys 39%.
On June 13, the Michigan Democratic Party threatened to hold its presidential caucus in Jnaury 2008, or even earlier. This is in response to the Florida Democratic Party’s decision a few days ago to choose delegates in the Florida January 29 primary. Thanks to Tony Roza for this news. It is still possible the Michigan Democratic Party will use a presidential primary (the state will hold one for the Republicans in February).
The faction of the Prohibition Party that recognizes Earl Dodge as national chairman held its national presidential convention on June 12 in Arvada, Colorado, at a church. Delegates from three states were in attendance. The convention chose Earl Dodge for president and Howard Lydick for vice-president.