Mountain West Rises as Political Power
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
For the past couple of election cycles, two trinities have dominated America’s political universe. In the primaries: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. In the general: Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
In 2008, two realignments of the political stars are likely to lead to the upstaging of both.
In early ’08, a big-state primary seems more and more certain by the day to overshadow its small-state counterpart. California, New York, New Jersey, and Florida have all expressed strong interest in moving their primary dates up to February 5 (California is all-but-committed), just days after the traditional early three — creating what CNN political commentator Bill Schneider has dubbed a “Super Duper Tuesday” contest.
In late ’08, the action seems destined to migrate significantly westward — away from some of the traditional battlegrounds and toward an emerging new one: the interior West. Here, then, is a roundup of what to watch in the West as Election Day — still so very far away — approaches.
Read all about it at NYSunPolitics.com: Watching the West.
