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Democrat Seeks to End Iowa, N.H. Power
Published on Sunday, December 19, 2004 by the Long Island, NY Newsday |
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Democrat Seeks to End Iowa, N.H. Power |
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WASHINGTON -- If Simon Rosenberg decides to run for Democratic Party chairman, he won't be able to count on much support from Iowa and New Hampshire.
"Iowa and New Hampshire should not go first in the primary calendar, and we need to create a system that allows other states to have equal footing," said Rosenberg, president and founder of the New Democrat Network, a centrist issue advocacy organization based in Washington.
"I have no problem with Iowa and New Hampshire being part of the early states, but their days as the sole arbiters of who our nominee is should come to an end," he said Friday.
The 41-year-old Democratic activist wants states with more diversity and from different regions of the country to have more of a role. Rosenberg plans to announce after the holidays whether he will run for Democratic chairman.
The Democratic National Committee formed a 40-member panel a week ago to study whether to shake up the dominance that Iowa and New Hampshire hold in presidential nominations.
© 2004 Newsday, Inc.
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