Friday, June 1, 2007

Hey, folks, sorry, I haven't blogged in two months, but here I am, I'm back and will try to post on a more regular basis.

What's new in politics today?

Presidential Race --

We are about halfway through the year before the elections. The latest candidate to jump in, is Former Republican Senator and Actor Fred Thompson of Tennessee. He is expected form an exploratory committee on Monday, June 4, 2007 and possibly formally jump in around the Fourth of July holiday!!

Florida has moved their primaries for both parties to Tuesday, January 29, the week between New Hampshire and SuperDuperMega Tuesday. However, that may cause New Hampshire to move their primary up from Tuesday, January 22, to possibly Tuesday, January 15, 2008 which would move Iowa, currently scheduled for Monday, January 14 to possibly Monday, January 7, 2008.

Currently, here is the projected primary calendar for 2008:

Monday, January 14 -- Iowa Caucuses
Saturday, January 19 -- Nevada Democrat Caucuses
Tuesday, January 22 -- New Hampshire Primary and Wyoming GOP Caucus
Tuesday, January 29 -- South Carolina Democrat Primary and Florida Bi-Party Primary

Saturday, February 2 -- South Carolina GOP Primary
Tuesday, February 5 -- Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada GOP, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Utah Primaries
Saturday, February 9 -- Louisiana Primary
Sunday, February 10 -- Maine Democratic Caucuses
Tuesday, February 12 -- D.C., Tennessee, Virginia Primaries
Tuesday, February 19 -- Wisconsin Primary
Tuesday, February 26 -- Hawaii Dem and Idaho Dem Caucuses

Saturday, March 2 -- Hawaii GOP Caucus
Monday, March 4 -- Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Vermont Primaries
Friday, March 8 -- Connecticut and Rhode Island Primaries
Monday, March 11 -- Mississippi Primary
Thursday, March 21 -- Maine GOP Caucuses

NOTHING FOR APRIL 2008

Tuesday, May 6 -- Indiana Primary
Saturday, May 10 -- Wyoming Dem Caucuses
Tuesday, May 13 -- Nebraska, West Virginia Primaries
Tuesday, May 20 -- Kentucky, Oregon Primaries
Tuesday, May 27 -- Idaho Primary and Washington Primary

Tuesday, June 3 -- South Dakota Primary

Monday-Thursday, August 25-28 -- Democratic National Convention -- Denver, Colorado

Monday-Thursday, September 1-4 -- Republican National Convention -- St Paul, Minnesota

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- General Election 2008

Monday, January 5, 2009 -- 111th Congress 1st Session begins

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -- Inauguration Day for the 44th President of the United States

I will post more on the Congressional and Gubenatorial races tomorrow.