tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post8152634964995092257..comments2024-03-18T07:11:29.068-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: 2000 Presidential Primary CalendarJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-7427943444665344442009-03-04T11:50:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:50:00.000-05:00Thanks. If you were, as you put it, a "baby politi...Thanks. If you were, as you put it, a "baby political scientist" then, I was, well, 11. I know some people that age probably followed the primaries, but not me.<BR/><BR/>Which means I know even less about 1996.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-66763292682315508972009-03-04T11:15:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:15:00.000-05:00Here's the thing on Bradley. He wasn't doing that...Here's the thing on Bradley. He wasn't doing that badly in terms of fundraising since there was a significant anti-Gore faction among the rank-in-file members of the party. <BR/><BR/>New Hampshire was a killer for his candidacy with the way the calendar was set up after that contest. McCain brought a significant majority of New Hampshire independents over to the Republican primary. That hurt, but then there wasn't anything between New Hampshire and Super Tuesday for the Democrats. If they had allowed Arizona and/or Delaware and/or Michigan to hold their contests during that period it would have given Bradley a better shot to get a win and not going into Super Tuesday on a two contest losing streak. <BR/><BR/>Would that have significantly improved Bradley's chances of winning the 2000 Democratic nomination? Significantly? No. But it would have improved his chances. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking something like Steve Forbes in 1996 (without Pat Buchanan in the race). Well, if Buchanan isn't in the race, Phil Gramm wouldn't have been eliminated as early. Fine, I opened up a can of worms with that analogy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-29386334083750745542009-03-03T22:45:00.000-05:002009-03-03T22:45:00.000-05:00"Bill Bradley sincerely wishes the DNC had let som..."Bill Bradley sincerely wishes the DNC had let some of those other states go that wanted to go earlier."<BR/><BR/>Given that Gore won every primary, how would this have made a difference?Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365194237710177589noreply@blogger.com