Wir müssen promote making NH diverse enough for us to deserve to keep our presidential primary #FITN

Noted this in the "On this date" section of yesterday's Invisible Primary: Visible but failed to do so here.
Yesterday marked 48 years since the #FITN protection was signed into law in New Hampshire.
https://www.frontloadinghq.com/2023/05/what-california-republicans-decide-on.html

In Invisible Primary: Visible today, Iowa's caucus date may be uncertain but that doesn't rise to the level of chaos & Hail Marys, @smotus on Republican winnowing, down goes the #FITN amendment in New Hampshire & more from the #InvisiblePrimary.
https://www.frontloadinghq.com/2023/05/iowa-democrats-last-hail-mary-and.html

If you say "goodpolicy" (case-sensitive!) to me I'll try to reply w/a policy I consider good, for example, "making NH diverse enough for us to deserve to keep our presidential primary #FITN" (or something)

On the #FITN campaign trail. Name that candidate: "It's the usual goulash of GOP desiderata." #NHPolitics https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/17/opinion/ghosts-morry-taylor

RT @RodWebber
RON DESANTIS' CREW THREW A CAN OF RED BULL AT ME FOR PROTESTING HIS ABORTION/ RAPE LAW.

The Manchester NH cops assisted in this crime/ tort.

Last I heard, the First Amendment allowed for protest.

Apparently not in New Hampshire

#NHPolitics #NHpoli #FITN #RonDesantis

Had some more extended thoughts on the caucus bill in Iowa (& what it says about #FITN protection) and a wrap up of the day's action on the 2024 calendar and rules front over at FHQ Plus in a late night dispatch.
https://www.fhqplus.com/p/evening-digest-986

Because even if he’s a criminal he’ll be MY criminal?
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RT @NewHampJournal
Sununu: I Assume Trump Is Guilty, But I’ll Back Him if He Wins GOP Nod

https://nhjournal.com/sununu-i-assume-trump-is-guilty-but-ill-back-him-if-he-wins-gop-nod/
@NHGOP #FITN @GovChrisSununu #NHPolitics
https://twitter.com/NewHampJournal/status/1642832706210783232

In Invisible Primary: Visible today, Trump, indictments & 2024 speculation, Trump's attempts to stake an early claim on Texas endorsements, and New Hampshire is doing what it can to further protect #FITN.
https://www.frontloadinghq.com/2023/03/invisible-primary-visible-donald-trump.html

RT @AdamSextonWMUR
A fundraising e-mail subject line for the history books #FITN #NHPolitics

Debemos stand up for keeping NH's presidential primary #FITN

"...giving him automatic name ID and familiarity."

...and raising the stakes super high for him in NH.
#InvisiblePrimary #GOP24 #FITN
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/gov-chris-sununu-takes-major-step-running-president-rcna69751

The debacle over the #DNC #FITN between #SouthCarolina and #NewHampshire shows that state-administered party primaries are and have been a mistake.

The DNC plan to revamp #FITN passes on an overwhelming voice vote. NH delegation behind me votes no, as does Iowa in a different corner of the room. Historic change, big implications for Dem process for choosing next Pres in 2028.

After this historic vote we DNC members hear from Gov Josh Shapiro, Rep Jim Clyburn, and (video) Sen John Fetterman, whose speech is mercifully brief.

5/6

Meanwhile Rep. Debbie Dingell gives an impassioned speech for Michigan... go ice fishing, candidates, we'll see how tough you are. No one state has a lock on #FITN, she says, to much applause

Dems from NV, SC, and GA also make their cases for #FITN. Nikema Williams, GA st party chair and Congressmember: GA is periwinkle! Pete Lee, AAPI child of immigrants, adds his voice in support for a more diverse FITN.

4/6

NH Dems literally cannot do what the DNC wants because the state gov, legislature, and sec of state are uncooperative Repubs. E.g., DNC wants NH to have #EarlyVoting. NH Dems introduced that bill and NH GOP voted it down. #FITN

And of course NH has a state law requiring its primary to be 7 days before any other state. So DNC plan is running headlong into state law. #FITN

3/6

On a more serious note, we are now taking up the motion to shift First In The Nation primary order from IA and NH to SC, NH and NV, MI, and GA. Chair Harrison is giving room to IA and NH to speak but we expect the motion to pass overwhelmingly.

I appreciate the WH/ DNC plan to broaden #FITN voices. And I personally think replacing Iowa with #Michigan is really good. But NH is in a different place, between a rock and a hard place.

2/6

#Election2024
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RT @WMUR9
COMMITMENT 2024: Gov. Chris Sununu tells @WMUR9 he believes 'there's a lot of candidates' who could beat former President Donald Trump.

Are you one of them, we asked? "Yes."

https://www.wmur.com/article/sununu-possible-run-president-13023/42712976 #FITN via @WMURSteve
https://twitter.com/WMUR9/status/1620232506787221506

Trump camp hires former NHGOP chair to lead 2024 effort in the Granite state.
#InvisiblePrimary #GOP24 #StaffPrimary #FITN
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/28/trump-campaign-stepanik-new-hampshire-00080011

DeSantis won't be at the NHGOP meeting this weekend -- the same one Trump is speaking at -- but he will have a presence there.
#InvisiblePrimary #GOP24 #FITN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3832078-pro-desantis-group-to-launch-opening-salvo-in-new-hampshire-at-gop-meeting/