by Rod D. Martin
March 1, 2007
The Hill reports that the emerging Feb. 5, 2008 "national primary" is now expected to include at least 20 states; but The American Spectator suggests this growth in scale may have the exact opposite effect of that which the organizers intend.
I have been quite vocal in my opposition to this process, for two reasons, the first of which is that a front-loaded big-state-heavy primary will tend to favor east and west coast-friendly liberals who will depress the Republican Party's overwhelming conservative majority come November. But The American Spectator suggests -- I suspect plausibly -- that the sheer size and scope of the primary actually developing will push things the other way. Now expected to include not only California, Florida and Illinois but Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota, Utah, Kansas, Colorado and (for the GOP only) West Virginia and Neva…