A Historical Perspective on "Super Duper Tuesday"

One of my favorite podcasts ever -- or broadcasts, for that matter -- is called "My History Can Beat Up Your Politics". Over at myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com, Bruce Carlson gives a historical perspective on everything from the role of Vice President Cheney to the importance of the Iowa Caucus to the rumblings of war against Iran. He's balanced -- I don't know whether he's a Democrat or Republican (or other) just from listening to him -- and his insights are really...well, insightful.

His podcast on Super-Duper Tuesday is a keeper. One point he makes that few others have discussed is this: the Super Tuesday primaries only matter if they decide the Democratic nominees. The states who moved their primary earlier in the year did so to increase their relative importance, but if there's no clear winner today, then they will in fact be less important than the states with later primaries. As Bruce says, changing the primaries often has unintended consequences.

That's just one little bit -- the whole podcast is well worth listening to.

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