What are the realistic costs of a new primary or caucus?
NJSecularist
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:42 PM
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What are the realistic costs of a new primary or caucus? |
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I hear discussion about campaigns putting forth money to fund a new primary or caucus, and while that is probably a pipe dream at best, have we heard any hard figures of how much a new primary or caucus in Michigan and/or Florida would actually cost?
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:43 PM
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1. I head yesterday that a primary is 10 mil. |
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Edited on Fri Mar-07-08 05:44 PM by bicentennial_baby
Don't know which state that was though, maybe FL
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Bucky
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:45 PM
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2. I heard cost is in the $10-20 million range per state. But they can pay for it with soft money. |
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As long as they can find donors, there's no real regulation on party funds that aren't spent toward general election events and don't raise money for individual candidates.
It's just a matter of raising the money. I think that they should.
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:49 PM
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5. I heard the same. Howard Dean met with a group including the two governors |
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and filled them in on how they could raise soft money to cover just such a cause. Seems crazy, doesn't it?
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Fri Mar-07-08 06:01 PM
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11. A little crazy, maybe, but they did knowingly break the rules. |
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I think it's a healthy American style solution that they get to have their small-d democratic say after all. It's not right to disenfranchise two whole state Democratic parties just because the party leaders didn't play by the rules.
Of course the whole system needs to be reengineered, but one state doesn't get to overturn it all and ignore rules it doesn't like. You have to wait until the next quadrinnial go 'round.
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:45 PM
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3. $25 million for FL and $25 million for MI...for do over closed Primary |
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:47 PM
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4. It is that high! Wow why was anyone talking about them having another Primary then? |
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It is no wonder Mi has gone caucus-lite.
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NJSecularist
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:49 PM
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6. So I got 3 different answers.... |
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So I'll just say that the cost will be between $10-25 million for each primary. :)
I've looked on the web, and I couldn't find any links about an official estimate for either state.
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:50 PM
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$12M in Michigan, $22M to $25M in Florida.
The DNC has $3.5M on hand... and has to provide funding and support for hundreds of house races and Senate races come November.
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:52 PM
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8. 20 Mil is the figure I heard n/t |
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:55 PM
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9. Thanks for all the answers! |
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:58 PM
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10. Govenor Crist Fla stated 20 Million |
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