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Dean Predicts Changes for 2008 Primaries
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Edited | Joshua L. Aug 10, 2005 09:30am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, August 10, 2005 03:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CONCORD, N.H. Aug 9, 2005 — Democratic National Party Chairman Howard Dean says there may be some changes in the 2008 presidential primary calendar, but nothing radical.
"There will be a little surgery, not major surgery," said Dean, a doctor, former Vermont governor and presidential hopeful in 2004.
For decades, the Iowa caucuses have been the first nominating contest, followed closely by New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.
A commission was appointed to study the nominating process amid arguments that Iowa and New Hampshire lack the diversity to represent the country's interests and that no two states should have such influence on the presidential nomination. Defenders of their special status argue that candidates must meet their party's supporters and other voters face-to-face for the most personal politicking of the campaign. |
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