The standoff over the Republican primary calendar, sparked by Florida jumping the calendar into January — and in which New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner has now threatened to hold his state’s primary in December, if Nevada does not move its caucus from January 14 to January 17 — could be on the verge of resolution. And interestingly, the compromise would go even further than that: Nevada would move its caucus all the way to February 4, after even Florida.As the Las Vegas Review Journal reports, RNC chairman Reince Priebus sent Nevada GOP chairwoman Amy Tarkanian a letter on Thursday, saying in part: “A February 4 caucus date will eliminate the uncertainty caused by Florida’s action and the posturing by New Hampshire’s secretary of state, restore order to the primary calendar and benefit Nevada in multiple ways.” The February date would also mean Nevada is spared from an automatic penalty of the RNC rules, to have their delegates cut in half from 28 to 14.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=105466