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Iowa Republicans on Tuesday advanced their presidential caucuses to Jan. 3 in an effort to retain their first-in-the-nation status, but state Democrats gave no indication on whether they would make the same move, pick another day or adhere to the original Jan. 14 caucus date.
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Further complicating the calendar is the unsettled state of the nation's first primary in New Hampshire. Originally expected on Jan. 22, the date could be moved up into December to counter states trying to gain an early foothold on the presidential nominating process, such as Michigan, which set a Jan. 15 primary date.
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Further complicating the calendar is the unsettled state of the nation's first primary in New Hampshire. Originally expected on Jan. 22, the date could be moved up into December to counter states trying to gain an early foothold on the presidential nominating process, such as Michigan, which set a Jan. 15 primary date.
So far, the only semi-sane response to the primary leap-frogging was when the DNC put their foot down and said they'd void the Florida delegates if they moved their primary up. Which everyone says is only going to hurt the Democrats now in a state they need to carry for the general elections. And the Florida Democratic Party is suing to have their delegates counted.
On the other hand, I can only guess that the Iowa Republicans want Clinton to be the Democratic nominee since they're thinning the chances of Edwards or Obama to catch up
