Goodbye Iowa caucuses, hello South Carolina(?) primary

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

DNC's Rules & Bylaws cmte APPROVES Biden's 2024 early window primary calendar plan: 

Feb 3: South Carolina
Feb. 6: New Hampshire and Nevada.
Feb 13: Georgia
Feb. 27: Michigan

(2 members in opposition - from IA + NH).
 

 

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[Guest]

This feels like something that really doesn’t matter

[TUFKAK]

Iowa and New Hampshire are the most flyover of flyover states anyway

 

[skillzdadirecta]

41 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

This feels like something that really doesn’t matter

It does in the sense that the states that will be first to determine the democratic nominee will actually reflect the democratic electorate.

[Keyser_Soze]

57 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

This feels like something that really doesn’t matter

 

Tell that to the heartbroken Iowans!

[skillzdadirecta]

1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Tell that to the heartbroken Iowans!

Not to mention the New Hampshirans (?) who, as quoted by a talking head I saw on the news today, think it's their god given right to go first every election cycle.

[Spork3245]

With the god awful fried food candidates would eat to appeal to Iowans, I always assumed that not dropping dead of a heart attack was part of vetting process. Now we’re going to see everyone eating boiled peanuts. Sure, SC has their pork bbq, but I feel like that’s more of a slow killer.

 

Edit: Oh, F, I just remembered SC is known for their peaches. I don’t want to see candidates sucking on a peach. NOBODY WANTS THIS

[Keyser_Soze]

2 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

Edit: Oh, F, I just remembered SC is known for their peaches. I don’t want to see candidates sucking on a peach. NOBODY WANTS THIS

 

As soon as you see Callista sucking on some peaches you'll see a new icon from @b_m_b_m_b_m

[Spork3245]

27 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

As soon as you see Callista sucking on some peaches you'll see a new icon from @b_m_b_m_b_m

He’s praying Boebert gets a whole barrel full of peaches

[thewhyteboar]

2 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

With the god awful fried food candidates would eat to appeal to Iowans, I always assumed that not dropping dead of a heart attack was part of vetting process. Now we’re going to see everyone eating boiled peanuts. Sure, SC has their pork bbq, but I feel like that’s more of a slow killer.

 

Edit: Oh, F, I just remembered SC is known for their peaches. I don’t want to see candidates sucking on a peach. NOBODY WANTS THIS

Just the thought of Ted Cruz masticating a peach makes me cry.

[Ominous]

The whole primary process is dumb as hell. "Oh the guy I wanted to vote for got voted out before I could vote for him." I mean it's like the general election but with more stupid rules.

[SaysWho?]

1 hour ago, Ominous said:

The whole primary process is dumb as hell. "Oh the guy I wanted to vote for got voted out before I could vote for him." I mean it's like the general election but with more stupid rules.

I have always understood this argument, but I also think a spaced out election cycle allows people to make come backs and break out. Obama breaking out an Iowa and Biden coming back in South Carolina are both big stories in  Democratic primaries. Same with New Hampshire for McCain in 2008 and New Hampshire for Romney in 2012.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

27 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

I have always understood this argument, but I also think a spaced out election cycle allows people to make come backs and break out. Obama breaking out an Iowa and Biden coming back in South Carolina are both big stories in  Democratic primaries. Same with New Hampshire for McCain in 2008 and New Hampshire for Romney in 2012.

Which is why we have a power sharing agreement between copresidents Buttigieg and Sanders lol

[Ominous]

46 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

I have always understood this argument, but I also think a spaced out election cycle allows people to make come backs and break out. Obama breaking out an Iowa and Biden coming back in South Carolina are both big stories in  Democratic primaries. Same with New Hampshire for McCain in 2008 and New Hampshire for Romney in 2012.

 

 Biden coming back isn't a great example of why this is a good thing  

[TyphoidHater]

When I think of peaches, I think of Georgia and not South Carolina.

[TUFKAK]

7 minutes ago, TyphoidHater said:

When I think of peaches, I think of Georgia and not South Carolina.

I think of Howard University personally.

[Spork3245]

1 hour ago, TyphoidHater said:

When I think of peaches, I think of Georgia and not South Carolina.

 

SC produces more peaches than GA and is overly proud of their peaches: it's a rivalry with GA.

[Keyser_Soze]

1 hour ago, TyphoidHater said:

When I think of peaches, I think of Georgia and not South Carolina.

 

When I think of peaches, I think of Sarah Peachez

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

11 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

SC produces more peaches than GA and is overly proud of their peaches: it's a rivalry with GA.

By this metric California is the peach state

[Spork3245]

24 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

By this metric California is the peach state

It’s literally SC’s state fruit  

[Subzwari1987]

41 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

SC produces more peaches than GA and is overly proud of their peaches: it's a rivalry with GA.

There’s a water tower with a giant statue of a peach on top on I-85 near Greenville, and it’s noteworthy because it looks like an ass. 

[Spork3245]

10 minutes ago, Subzwari1987 said:

There’s a water tower with a giant statue of a peach on top on I-85 near Greenville, and it’s noteworthy because it looks like an ass. 

 

[Anathema-]

13 hours ago, sblfilms said:

This feels like something that really doesn’t matter

 

It's hard to tell but it might. And if it does then the difference is big.

[SaysWho?]

Georgia’s nickname is the peach state, so that’s my association, but California produces a ton. We don’t get a ton from South Carolina here in Florida for whatever reason. At least last I checked.

[skillzdadirecta]

2 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

I think of Howard University personally.

Howard is in DC isn't it?

[TUFKAK]

6 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Howard is in DC isn't it?

Close enough 

 

good memories 

 

how did I end up with the whitest Italian jersey girl 😂

 

I used to go to Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, Gambia. 

Now I get Bali 

 

Accra is an amazing city I miss, everyone should experience that city.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

12 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Howard is in DC isn't it?

 

That it is!

[skillzdadirecta]

48 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

Accra is an amazing city I miss, everyone should experience that city.

I keep hearing that. I have friends who've gone and they keep telling me how amazing Accra is. I hope to go there one day soon.

[TUFKAK]

1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said:

I keep hearing that. I have friends who've gone and they keep telling me how amazing Accra is. I hope to go there one day soon.

I can not recommend enough.

 

I’m not sure if my exes warning was unique to me but I did get treated like a movie star there which is what she said I’d be treated like. American vs muscular white guy with ink which I guess is the same to some.

 

it’s also a city of one ten models. 😂

[Jason]

Doesn't this all require cooperation from the GOP legislatures of these states? 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

Doesn't this all require cooperation from the GOP legislatures of these states? 

 

I'm fairly certain that primaries don't require any input from state governments as they're not actually "real" elections.

[Jason]

14 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

I'm fairly certain that primaries don't require any input from state governments as they're not actually "real" elections.

 

Well the NYC BOE for instance has a page on the 2022 primaries, which doesn't really make sense if they're not administering the primaries: https://vote.nyc/page/primary-elections-2022

 

In California they're definitely real elections, Rick Caruso could have won the mayorship of LA outright if he'd gotten over 50% in the primary for example, trying to pull that off is probably why he was flooding ad money during the primary when nobody else was.

 

I think you're thinking of caucuses.