By selecting their dates first the Democrats didn't have a choice. There should be 2 or 4 weeks that the party not in power cannot select.

Another factor might be the campaign finance laws regarding when federal campaign funds.

n/t.

These things have been reduced to little more than pep rallies anyway, so why not hold them close to election time? That way we get everybody all excited and ready to vote. What I'm really worried about is the short amount of time left to get people registered now that the voter id laws have been overturned. We need to get to work people.

And at least we're not looking at Mittman and Robbin' coming out of Tampa ten or twelve points up.

I thought so.