Well kiddies, tomorrow will most certainly be the finish for the GOP and possibly the Dems—although those "Super" Delegates* may still keep the Obama/Clinton question in the air. (My guess now, is McCain takes the GOP nomination—that will kick up a shit storm among the Republican party faithful.)
There are 24 states with primaries of some sort:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho (Dem only),
Illinois
Kansas (Dem only)
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana (GOP only)
New Jersey
New Mexico (Dem only)
New York
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Utah
West Virginia (GOP only)
Add to this the states that have already held primaries or caucuses:
Iowa, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Michigan, South Carolina, Nevada, Florida, Maine (GOP only)
That leaves 18 states that have not voiced some opinion in this election as of Tuesday, February 5, 2008.
Is it just me or those states getting the shaft a bit?
* "Super" Delegates—There are 842 delegates who get a free pass to the convention - governors, members of Congress and the Senate, chairs of the state's Democratic parties, former presidents and leading members of the party. Party chairman Howard Dean can also appoint a number of people to be delegates. All in all, those 842 delegates comprise about 40 percent of the total number needed to win the nomination. (Courtesy of www.npr.com.)
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Those states--including North Carolina--are totally getting shafted. Maybe I've mentioned this before, or maybe you have--but we should have one day when everyone has a primary. Bam--we vote and it's on the convention. Done.
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