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...Silver State's caucus wasn't supposed to turn out a joke. On the contrary, it scored what was originally intended to be a prime early slot on the political calendar, a nod to both the growing importance of Hispanics, who make up nearly a quarter of the state's population and the power of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who hails from Nevada. It agreed to hold a caucus instead of a primary because state officials believed they it would come second in the nation after Iowa and before New Hampshire, which prizes its first-in-the-nation status...
...Nevada could still get the last laugh. Because of the calendar contortions, Nevada's Democratic caucuses has gotten nearly 10 days of undivided press coverage. And with Clinton and Obama entering the contest with one win apiece in contested states, Nevada has suddenly become viewed as an important tiebreaker...
...Bush's calendar, that means before 2009. Because change...
...election. He hopes to study the role of early primary election states in the presidential nomination process. “We’re ground zero for all these presidential campaigns,” Yepsen said in an interview yesterday. “I want to look at the calendar, the role of money and debates, all of those aspects to the early states.” Yepsen also said he was eager to work with undergraduates and Kennedy School of Government students. “I’m not here just to hole up in my own little...
...will wonder what all the fuss was about.But damn the details; Harvard was back in primetime, fighting the fight of the American middle class. Take that, John Edwards.After Harvard’s headlines were sidelined by presidential primaries during the holidays, the University’s new academic calendar, announced with great fanfare last June, was re-announced with great fanfare this week. Now, at long last, we know when the University-wide semesters and holidays will start and end, through June 2015. Perish uncertainty—freshmen can take advantage of choice airfares and book their flights for spring...