Mass. Dems Try To Embarass Romney?

That's one way to read the news that the legislature there is considering a bill to move their state's primary to Feb. 5 from March 4.

It's not clear whether Romney would win his home state. The legislature has until November 21 to act.

Earlier this year, Romney supporters on the state GOP central committee failed to prevent the party from changing its delegate allocation process from winner-take-all to proportional.

BOSTON (AP) — The state’s top elections official wants an earlier date for the Massachusetts presidential primary.

The primary is scheduled for March 4 but Secretary of State William Galvin says moving it up to Feb. 5 would give the state more clout in the nominating process.

Galvin says Feb. 5 has become a “de facto national primary day,” with as many as 21 states scheduled to select delegates.

Galvin says the state also could save money by combining the presidential voting with five special legislative elections.

Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi say they would support the change. DiMasi says if there is agreement in the Senate, lawmakers could get a bill setting the new date to Patrick’s desk quickly.

Comments

No need for Mass. Dems to do the job. Mitt can do it himself; and is.

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Posted by mp | November 8, 2007 2:30 PM

I thought Mitt's home state was Utah. Or Michigan. He doesn't seem to align himself very closely with GayMarriageachusetts.

Posted by Jayhawk Max | November 8, 2007 4:15 PM

Given how big Romney's leads are in today's Iowa and NH polls, I don't think Romney has that much to worry about.

Posted by Daniel | November 8, 2007 4:21 PM

Mitt was reborn as FLIP-FLOPPER in MA. So no one should be surprised if he gets soundly defeated there.

Posted by Neil | November 8, 2007 4:34 PM

GO ROMNEY!!!

Posted by Steven Rinehart | November 8, 2007 7:05 PM

Having the heavily laden Democrat state of Mass vote against Mitt would be a feather in his cap with conservatives. This is especially true if it is moved up in an effort to "embarrass" Romney. Romney repeatedly points out how liberal his state is. It makes the Dems so mad. I love it when the Dems shoot themselves in the foot. Their animosity makes them their own worst enemy.

Posted by DLounsbury | November 9, 2007 1:34 AM

All of these states moving to Feb. 5th only lessens the states' influence. It is quite possible that after Feb. 5th there will be no clear cut nominee, thus making the remaining states all the more important. Massachussetts would just be overlooked by the big wigs of California and Texas also going that day. Besides, it is just as likely that Mitt wins MA's GOP primary.
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Posted by Swint | November 9, 2007 7:14 AM