The Pledge: Four States Urge Dems To Avoid Campaigning In Non-Compliant States

The Democratic party chairs of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada just sent the Dem presidential candidates this pledge:

WHEREAS, over a year ago, the Democratic National Committee established a 2008 nominating calendar;

WHEREAS, this calendar honors the racial, ethnic, economic and geographic
diversity of our party and our country;

WHEREAS, the DNC also honored the traditional role of retail politics early in the
nominating process, to ensure that money alone will not determine our
presidential nominee;

WHEREAS, it is the desire of Presidential campaigns, the DNC, the states and
the American people to bring finality, predictability and common sense to the
nominating calendar.

THEREFORE, I _______________, Democratic Candidate for President, pledge
I shall not campaign or participate in any state which schedules a presidential
election primary or caucus before Feb. 5, 2008, except for the states of Iowa,
Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as “campaigning” is defined by the
rules and regulations of the DNC. It does not include activities specifically
related to raising campaign resources such as fundraising events or the hiring of
fundraising staff.
_____________________________ __________

Basically: don't linger in Florida (or Michigan, maybe) too long.

Comments

What's going on with the Republican primaries in those states?

Posted by George Sorwell | August 31, 2007 9:37 PM

Do you have a link that verifies if Clinton and Obama both signed this agreement? Thanks in advance.

Posted by political forum | March 6, 2008 9:20 PM

For Political Forum ... here is an article in the NY Times reporting how Barack Obama, John Edwards and Hilary Clinton all signed the pledge.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/us/politics/02dems.html?ex=1346385600&en=e280c05ad36488d3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
(sorry about the long link...)

They all agreed to it. It was only after the realization that she was going to lose SC in a big way, and that the campaign could actually continue on and that she could in reality lose that she started fighting for the 'voters rights'.

Here's a pretty good look at the progression of the change in stance:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4232899&mesg_id=4232899

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