Solution for "First in the Nation" question

Daily Kos Staff

Tuesday July 11, 2006 · 4:05 PM PDT

2006/07/11 · 16:05

David Yepsen, the Dean of the Iowa political press corps whose entire career has been made by his reporting of Iowa presidential politics, offers a solution to the question of who should go first. And surprisingly, he's willing to sacrifice Iowa's lofty position to a more common sense solution:

The two parties should agree that the first state allowed to have a contest in the nomination process will be the closest one in the last presidential election. The second-closest state will get the second contest, etc.
That way both parties avoid process fights and are starting their campaigning - and their candidates are expending their greatest efforts - in those states likely to be the most competitive in November.

That's the simplest and best solution I've seen yet.

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