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I learned something Tuesday night when I realized that somehow anything can happen in a very strange place called New Hampshire.
The primaries there delivered nothing I had hoped for, and like a loser tearing up a ticket at a racetrack, I shook my head in bitter surprise.
But something made me stop. Because this column you’re reading was supposed to be, and maybe still is, a requiem for the New Hampshire primary, but suddenly, I’m not so sure.
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Democrats won’t vote No. 1 again in New Hampshire, and the Republican primary alone may not be enough to maintain that prestigious position, but even this at the tail end of the event is significant. There were some surprises.
As I outlined in a previous column, there was no juice in the Granite State this time, and no circus came to town. That was the consensus of everyone I spoke with, including lifelong residents whose memories extend to Truman and Muskie.
But for Republicans, there were two possibilities. Either Trump will take out Haley in one fell swoop, or she will stay nearby and live to continue fighting.
Voters are right in the middle, and you’ll need to watch the replays immediately to see the difference between a landslide victory for Trump and a moral victory for Haley.
The New Hampshire primary has a fluidity that brings surprises and game-changers, from Ed Muskie’s mental breakdown in 1972 to Ron DeSantis in 2024 with less than 72 hours before voting begins. took the surprising action of abstaining from the vote.
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This decision drastically changed expectations, with DeSantis taking the field and the Florida governor out, the conventional wisdom was that Haley would have to close within single digits of Trump, and as Haley predicted, the 11 The point difference made it a two-person race. I lost my ticket to South Carolina.
That’s what the New Hampshire primary is doing and why the state has regained its status as the first legitimate primary in the nation.
There was no particular reason for New Hampshire to be chosen first. Perhaps the best reason is that its residents are small enough to kick candidates’ tires, but New Hampshire isn’t the only small state.
And while traditions are forgotten over time, the potential loss of New Hampshire’s prime status would mean more than just the loss of an ornament, it would sever our ties to our past. I feel it.
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New Hampshire’s primaries have produced beautiful weirdos like Vermin Supreme, who’s been running for president here since 1992, with rubber boots on his head, a free pony, and a time-travel platform. He is a local legend.
He and many others participate in unique fanfares and spectacular events. This year, former Sen. Scott Brown’s rock band headlined a political event, all in celebration of a very important and very American idea: the joy of voting.
The possibility of the New Hampshire primary being erased isn’t the only political norm we’ve lost recently.
Consider the possibility that neither candidate in the general election has participated in a single primary debate, and also the strange but real possibility that there will be no debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Let’s think about it.
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Meanwhile, thanks in large part to the coronavirus, there is no longer an Election Day, but an election week or month where early voting is the norm rather than the exception.
I can’t say I wasn’t warned. This is all part of the promised new normal.
So here we are, Democrats almost canceled the New Hampshire primary, there will be no debate, oh, and the presumptive Republican candidate is down 91 indictments in several states. You may be banned from voting.
Also, no one seems to want a rematch between Biden and Trump, but somehow it’s as inevitable as the sunrise.
The basic infrastructure and style of American presidential elections is changing before our eyes.
Considering all this, we should consider Klaus Schwab’s comments at last year’s World Economic Forum. He wonders if elections are still needed.
“…because the next step might be to move into a prescriptive mode, where we don’t even need to have elections because we can already predict them,” Schwab asked AI experts. added. Can you imagine such a world? ”
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When Americans envision the end of elections or the end of our democratic republic, we tend to imagine bold declarations or military coups, but what if that doesn’t happen?
What if it’s a slow erosion of tradition and participation, and the sacrosanct hijinks of American elections are replaced by sober analysis, giving us the leadership we never knew we wanted? Is not it?
This is why we need New Hampshire primaries, debates, and a celebratory Election Day to avoid it all. Plans coming out of WEF Like the plague.
Andy Warhol said that in the future everyone would be able to get their 15 minutes of fame, and in New Hampshire every four years anyone can challenge for president for 15 minutes, and how many of them He says he can become president.
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One local resident told me, “The spirit of the New Hampshire primary is stronger than the quality of the candidates in 2024.” I really hope this is true, because in this post-coronavirus world, in this scary new normal, we continue to lose so many traditions.
We need a New Hampshire primary. it’s part of us. In 2024, the people of this great state once again showed why. This primary season is moving to South Carolina because they decided it should be.
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