Is there anyone besides me who hates to see Christmas decorations displayed in department stores before Halloween?When I was a kid there seemed to be a natural order to things ... you celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, and THEN the decorations went up for Christmas.
And likewise, presidential campaigns always kicked off around Labor Day -- celebrated on the first Monday in September in the US. Not so in 2007, where the race for the White House has been in full swing for MONTHS now.
The Wapo reports that South Carolina is about to move their presidential primary up.
South Carolina's Republican Party will move its 2008 presidential primary forward to Jan. 19, sources said yesterday, a decision almost certain to spark a cascade of calendar changes that could push the start of voting to New Year's Day or even to before Christmas.
The move, set to be announced today, is likely to cause the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses to be shifted at least to early January, and other states are actively angling to stake out spots earlier in the process. The maneuvering has injected a new note of uncertainty into what is already the earliest-starting presidential campaign in history, and top strategists for the candidates said it would force them to revise their carefully worked out plans.
If this trend continues, the next president may have to start campaigning on January 21, 2009. Yikes!
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