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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY REFORM

News, Reviews, and Interviews

SFSU Political Science

Pileup
Hendrik Hertzberg
New Yorker
16 April 2007

Proposal made to switch state's presidential primary to "Super Duper Tuesday"
Adam Wittenberg
Meriden Record-Journal
27 March 2007

Bysiewicz stands up for Connecticut voters -- proposes Feb. 5th Presidential Primary Day
Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Secretary of State
News Release
27 March 2007

Toward a better primary system: Some suggestions
Neil Modie
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
21 March 2007

Move the Vote Forward: Of primary concern in Pa.
Philadelphia Inquirer
18 March 2007

Why This Primary Push?
George F. Will
Washington Post
15 March 2007

Frontloading of Primaries is Becoming an Issue of Voting Rights, According to a New Report from The Century Foundation
Century Foundation
News Release
14 March 2007

"Rush to the Front" Spotlights Need For Comprehensive Reform Of Presidential Nominating System
Rep. Sander Levin
News Release
14 March 2007

Nation's Presidential Primary Calendar Is a Political Tragedy
William E. Brock III
Roll Call
6 March 2007

Can the "American Plan" Fix Our Broken Presidential Primaries?
Paul Hogarth
BeyondChron
13 February 2007

Big States’ Push for Earlier Vote Scrambles Race
Adam Nagourney
New York Times
25 January 2007

Give Us More than Corn, Stars and Bars!
Scott Olin Schmidt
Spot-On
17 January 2007

An Inconvenient Primary Truth
Thomas Gangale
Marin Independent Journal
29 December 2006

The 2008 Presidential Primaries: Another Inconvenient Truth
Thomas Gangale
Berkeley Daily Planet
19 December 2006

The 2008 Presidential Primaries: Another Inconvenient Truth
Thomas Gangale
California Progress Report
18 December 2006

Granite Status: DNC May Scale Back Assault on NH’s Primary
John Distaso
Manchester Union Leader
4 May 2006

Lynch Signs N.H. Primary Safeguard
Kevin Landrigan
Nashua Telegraph
28 April 2006

West Coast Challenge to NH primary
Garry Rayno
Manchester Union Leader
27 April 2006

California Young Democrats Lobby for "American Plan" to Reform Presidential Primary Schedule
Damian Carroll and David Phelps
California Progress Report
26 April 2006

Assembly Panel OKs Bills That Could Alter Presidential Campaigns
Steve Lawrence
Associated Press
25 April 2006

Kerry Opposes Party's Primary Plan
Associated Press
22 April 2006

Legislature OKs bill to give Alabama early presidential primary
Phillip Rawls
Decatur Daily
18 April 2006

Dem Panel Gives Nod to Earlier Primaries
Will Lester
Associated Press
11 March 2006

Fixing A Broken System
Christopher S. Kelley
Department of Political Science, Miami University
24 February 2006

Who's Your Choice for President?
Guy Hogue
Huntsville Item
17 February 2006

The Herman-Price Commission on the American Plan
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
27 December 2005

A Key Primary Role for Utah?
Lisa Riley Roche
Deseret Morning News
25 December 2005

S.C. Has Good Shot at Early Primary
Lee Bandy
The State (Columbia, SC)
18 December 2005

State Considers Bumping Up Primary
Dan Gorenstein
New Hampshire Public Radio
15 December 2005

Can The West Squeeze Its Way Into '08 Primary?
New West
15 December 2005

Alabama May Get an Early Primary
Taylor Bright
Huntsville Times
13 December 2005

Primary Changes a Starting Point
Carlisle Sentinel
13 December 2005

Dean should set DNC straight
Concord Monitor
13 December 2005

Iowa-NH Alliance Teeters
John Distaso
Manchester Union Leader
13 December 2005

Who's to Blame if Primary's Lost?
John Distaso
Manchester Union Leader
13 December 2005

Crumbling Case for Granite State
Scot Lehigh
Boston Globe
13 December 2005

Rethink System That Causes Haggling Over Caucuses
David Yepsen
Des Moines Register
13 December 2005

Dating Game
Bruce Reed
Slate
12 December 2005

Democrats Must Fold Diversity Into Party Primaries, Caucuses
DeWayne Wickham
USA Today
12 December 2005

Dems Urge Changes to Nominating Calendar
Will Lester
Associated Press
10 December 2005

Democratic Party Commission Recommends Consideration of American Plan for 2012
OPS-Alaska News Release
10 December 2005

DNC Commission Recommends More Frontloading and to Diminish NH's Role
James W. Pindell
PoliticsNH.com
10 December 2005

Primary matters: Guilt Before Reason for Dems
Manchester Union Leader
9 December 2005

Democrats: Put Voters First, Adopt the NASS Primary/Caucus Plan
National Association of Sectretaries of State
9 December 2005

State GOP Wants Presidential Primary Held Earlier
Associated Press
8 December 2005

Lynch Vows to Defend State's Presidential Primary
Foster's Daily Democrat
6 December 2005

Time to Reform the Presidential Primary System
Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III
Roll Call
5 December 2005

A Better Plan Needed for Primaries
Ryan O'Donnell
Rocky Mountain News
5 December 2005

Western Primary Sought
Pat Flannery
Arizona Republic
4 December 2005

Western Presidential Primary Nearing Reality?
Howard Rothman
New West
4 December 2005

DNC ‘Leaders’ Cripple the Party in Primary Fight
Portsmouth Herald
3 December 2005

New Hampshire's Peculiar Institution
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
2 December 2005

Official: Primary Poised to Jump to Front of Line
John Distaso
Manchester Union Leader
30 November 2005

Democrat Says Plan Threatens Iowa Caucuses
Charlotte Eby
Sioux City Journal
30 November 2005

NH Dems Fight for First Primary
Shir Haberman
Portsmouth Herald News
30 November 2005

Fighting for First, Democrats Pitch Plan
Eric Moskowitz
Concord Monitor
30 November 2005

Lynch Tells Dems He Will Defend New Hampshire Primary
Katharine Webster
Associated Press
30 November 2005

For NH Democrats, Timing Is Everything
Chris Cillizza and Dan Balz
Washington Post
29 November 2005

NH Dems Say Presidential Calendar Study Ignores 'Front-Loading'
Joe Magruder
Associated Press
29 November 2005

Democrats Air Plan to Keep Primary First
Manchester Union Leader
28 November 2005

Hey, Democrats, where's the party?
Katy Burns
Concord Monitor
28 November 2005

How Best to Fix the Primary System?
Damian Carroll
Democratic Party activist, Los Angeles
28 November 2005

America Needs a Fair Presidential Primary Schedule for All States
Ryan O'Donnell
Manchester Union Leader
28 November 2005

Democrats Consider Nevada for January Presidential Vote
Las Vegas Sun
27 November 2005

Caucus Plan Could Boost State's Clout
Anjeanette Damon
Reno Gazette Journal
27 November 2005

Another View: New Hampshire’s Primary Deserves Its Privileged Status
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Manchester Union Leader
25 November 2005

Leave New Hampshire's Primary Alone
Thomas Oliphant
Albany Times Union
24 November 2005

State Democrats Promise Vigorous Primary Defense
Dan Barrick and Meg Heckman
Concord Monitor
21 November 2005

NH Dems Get Tough, Michigan Quakes in Its Waders
Manchester Union Leader
17 November 2005

Granite Status: Dems Go to the Mat Over NH Primary
Manchester Union Leader
16 November 2005

Primary Reform Good for Nebraska
Lincoln Journal-Star
12 November 2005

MDP Adopts Resolution Supporting Fairness in Democratic Party’s Presidential Nominating Process
Michigan Democratic Party
5 November 2005

Demoforming the American Political Environment
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
18 October 2005

Western Governors Push For Regional Primary In February
Barry Massey
Associated Press
13 October 2005

Wrong Answer to Presidential-Primary Problem
Ryan O'Donnell
Orlando Sentinel
11 October 2005

Iowa, N.H. Could Have Company in 2008
Jane Norman
Des Moines Register
2 October 2005

An Open Letter to Potential Democratic Candidates for President in 2008
Debbie Dingell and Carl Levin
28 September 2005

Primary Care
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
28 September 2005

What Baker-Carter Got Right
Rob Richie and Steven Hill
TomPaine.com
27 September 2005

Bad Plan for Elections Just Won't Go Away
Thomas Gangale
San Francisco Examiner
21 September 2005

California Heartland Calls for Systemic Presidential Primary Reform
OPS-Alaska News Release
9 September 2005

Primary Care
Kenneth Baer
New Republic Online
18 August 2005

Los Angeles County Democrats Call for Systemic Presidential Primary Reform
OPS-Alaska News Release
17 August 2005

Dean Backs State's First-Primary Status
Daniel Barrick
Concord Monitor
9 August 2005

Young Democrats of America Endorse Presidential Primary Reform Plan
California Young Democrats News Release
6 August 2005

Primary (Reform Under False) Colors
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
27 July 2005

The Unfair Power of the Primaries
Rob Richie and Ryan O'Donnell
Newark Star-Ledger
27 July 2005

California Young Democrats Endorse Presidential Primary Reform Plan
California Young Democrats News Release
14 July 2005

Momentum Builds for Presidential Primary Reform Plan
OPS-Alaska News Release
13 July 2005

The Iowa Stranglehold
TomPaine.com
12 July 2005

New Jersey to Move Up Presidential Primary
Center for Voting and Democracy News Release
28 June 2005

OPS-Alaska’s American Plan Gaining Steam
OPS-Alaska News Release
26 June 2005

Presidential Primary Reform Plan Gathers Momentum
Center for Voting and Democracy News Release
14 June 2005

Presidential Primary Reform Plan Gathers Momentum
OPS-Alaska News Release
10 June 2005

State's Primary Plan Stirs Criticism
James O'Toole
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
31 May 2005

Media Calendar for Week of April 3-9: Faculty Author Readings
Sonoma State University Newsroom
24 March 2005

Levin Opens New Front to Alter Primary System
George Weeks
Detroit News
1 March 2005

Granite, Gold, and the Presidential Nomination
Thomas Gangale
OPS-Alaska
14 January 2005

Letter from Thomas Gangale to Pedro A. Cortes
Pennsylvania Secretary of State
31 December 2004

Rep. David Price and Prof. Willliam Leuchtenburg in an on-the-air discussion with D. G. Martin
Who's Talking
WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC
14 December 2004

McAuliffe Names 2008 Nominating Calendar Commission
Democratic National Committee
10 December 2004

GOP fears intent of Democrats' primary study
Dan Tuohy
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
27 August 2004

Primary Reform and the California Plan
Chris Bowers
Democratic Party activist, Philadelphia
2 August 2004

A Resolution Establishing a Commission on PresidentialNomination Timing and Scheduling
Democratic National Committee
26 July 2004

Western Governors to Pursue Common Presidential Primary Date
State of New Mexico, Office of the Governor
21 June 2004

Reforming the Nomination Process
Garry Young
Department of Political Science, George Washington University
10 March 2004

Primary Solutions
Rob Richie and Steven Hill
Baltimore Sun
2 March 2004

The California Plan Now in the Rules Committees of Both Democratic and Republican National Committees
OPS-Alaska News Release
4 February 2004

Wide Open Race Helps Democrats
Thomas Gangale
27 January 2004

Democratic Presidential Nominating Process Explained
Morning Edition, National Public Radio
27 January 2004

Primary system fails America
Joel Lanceta
Chicago Maroon
20 January 2004

Canceled Primaries Diminish Democracy
Thomas Gangale
San Francisco Chronicle
6 January 2004

DNC chief: Field Will Shrink by Feb. 4
Associated Press
13 December 2003

DNC Chair Forwards California Plan to Rules Committee
OPS-Alaska News Release
12 December 2003

Presidential Primaries Fall on Hard Times in State, Elsewhere
Seattle Times
30 November 2003

Some States to Drop Presidential Primaries
Associated Press
9 November 2003

Democrats Set Calendar for Primaries
Associated Press
4 October 2003

Democrats move up 2004 primary schedule
CNN.com
19 January 2002

Ditch the Primary
G. Terry Madonna
Director of the Center for Politics & Public Affairs, Millersville University
Michael Young
Director of the Survey Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
2002

Democrats Set Ground Rules for 2004
Eric M. Appleman
Democracy in Action, George Washington University
10 November 2001

Clark, Nation's Secretaries of State Call for Overhaul of Presidential Primary System At Party Conventions
Mississippi Secretary of State News Release
2 August 2000

Expect another hurried primary calendar in 2004
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
30 July 2000

Primary Reform Clears GOP Hurdle
CBS News.com
26 July 2000

Primary System Out of Control
David S. Broder
Washington Post
17 May 2000

Reforming Primary Politics
Michael J. Ring
Massachesetts Institute of Technology
4 April 2000

The Vanishing Voter Poll, March 29-April 2, 2000
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
April 2000

Primary Changes May Alter Strategy
Associated Press
21 March 2000

Parties Mull 2004 Campaign Changes
Associated Press
15 March 2000

The 2004 Primaries: Trying to Slow the States' Rush to the Front
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
15 March 2000

Gore, Bush Battle Ennui: Might voters lose interest?
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
15 March 2000

There's Got to Be a Better Way
Martin Schram
Nando Times
15 March 2000

Primary Colors: The Presidential Primary System
Interview with Newt Gingrich, Shanto Iyengar, and Nelson Polsby
Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution
14 March 2000

The Presidential Primary Process: Does it Work? (and does it give us the best candidates?)
Live Internet Chat with Thomas E. Mann
Brookings Institution
9 March 2000

A 'Reasonably Reasonable' Primary Process
Jeff Greenfield
CNN.com
16 February 2000

Process Limits Voter Presidential Choices: Candidates Who Can't Raise Money Have to Stay Home
Dave Williams
Morris News Service
12 February 2000

It's Time for a Radical, Regional Overhaul
William Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
SouthCoast Today
23 January 2000

Streamlined System Would Focus on Issues
John C. Howcroft
SouthCoast Today
23 January 2000

Decisions Will All Be Made by March 8
Robert L. Piper
Chairman of the Political Science Department at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
SouthCoast Today
23 January 2000

Beyond 2000: The End of the Presidential Primary Process As We Know It?
Eric M. Appleman
Democracy in Action, George Washington University
2000

Frontloading: The 'Big Bang Theory' of Selecting Nominees
Eric M. Appleman
Democracy in Action, George Washington University
2000

Primary Crunch Spurs Talk of Change for 2004
David S. Broder
Washington Post
25 July 1999

Realign Presidential Primaries to Dilute Power of Region, Money
Thomas Gangale
Philadelphia Inquirer
13 April 1999

Front-Loading
Library and Archives of New Hampshire's Political Tradition
February 1999

Primary Concerns
Interview Jeffrey Kaye, Bill Jones, Jim Costa, Roy Romer, and William Galvin
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
28 September 1998