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* From a Tribune editorial about Gov. Pritzker’s idea to make Illinois the first in the nation primary…

That would mean shoving Illinois to the front of the line in early February and intensifying the campaign frenzy here, which registers just a hair above dull. Illinois’ primary election is unfashionably late — this year it’s March 17 — and the state’s population losses have translated into dwindling influence nationally. A U.S. House delegation that once had 27 members will, after this year’s census, surely fall to 17.

We had 27 seats in… 1943. The country as a whole has changed a lot since then. California had 23 seats in 1943 and now it has 53.

Iowa, by the way, had 9 seats in 1943. It now has 4.

But, you know, any excuse to talk about the ILLINOIS EXODUS is a good excuse to those fine folks.

* More…

Presidential candidates are not mingling with voters at rural elementary schools or Naperville pancake houses because Illinois isn’t considered a competitive hotbed, not in primary season and not for Electoral College votes in the general election.

Please scroll up to the very top of this page. /s

* The editorial board then argues that a solidly Democratic state like Illinois wouldn’t make a good first choice. Um…

A spokesman for the Illinois Republican Party says the party supports the idea of making Illinois the first in the nation primary, something that Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker called for earlier this week

— Tony Arnold (@tonyjarnold) February 5, 2020

The downside of Illinois corruption, the recent voter registration “glitches” and etc. are also discussed. Those are all valid points, but it almost seems like they copied sections from other editorials and plopped them into this one without stopping to think if it actually made sense.

* And then they focus on the “diversity” argument…

Democrats could have coalesced around Sen. Kamala Harris, who’s of Jamaican and Indian descent. They could have elevated Cory Booker, New Jersey’s first African American senator. They could have boosted Julian Castro of Texas, once the youngest member of Obama’s Cabinet, who is of Mexican descent. They could have rallied around Hawaii’s Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu member of Congress. They could have activated the grassroots for Andrew Yang, whose parents emigrated from Taiwan.

Long before Monday, the candidates who contributed the most diversity to the Democratic field either quit the race or fell behind. Why? Because they didn’t attract the support of rank and file Democrats.

What?

Iowa Democrats turned thumbs down on candidates of color before the candidates could get to more diverse states. And that’s the precise argument Pritzker is making.

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2020-02-06 18:12:52Z
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