Look, no hissy-fit quotes by anonymous disgruntled RNC members, no grandstanding by Rules committee members and no bad PR in Florida. The RNC follows suit and punishes the states that are shuffling their calendar:
"The rules are clear," said Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. "Any state that holds their primary outside of the window shall be penalized delegates." States are not allowed to hold primaries before Feb. 5.
In addition to Florida and New Hampshire, Wyoming, Michigan and South Carolina also face sanctions for moving up their primaries. Two other early nominating states -- Iowa and Nevada -- will escape Republican sanctions because they hold nonbinding caucuses, not primaries.
This is only going to be a problem if either of the conventions is brokered, and then all hell is likely to break loose:
"My expectation is that, in the end, all the delegates are going to be seated," Mr. Anuzis said, "because the party is going to want to be united going into the general election."
In the article, a Republican points to the idea that we are likely to see a federal push to their becoming a national primary day. The possibilities of that legislation passing seem questionable, I don't see the clamoring for it to happen. The de facto national primary date of Feb 5th had another state officially join, Minnesota, with their caucuses now planed for February 5th.
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