DES MOINES, IA - AUGUST 16 2007: Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) drives a bumper car with his daughter Sasha at the Iowa State Fair.Photo: Getty Images North America
The Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee held a meeting yesterday and the result could be the end of Iowa's First-In-the-nation stays - at least from a Democratic Party joint of view.
"We need to see this process as an opportunity," chairman of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison said. "An opportunity encouraging states to highlight their strengths [and] encouraging states to highlight their democratic party values."
The draft plan would require States to apply for five early spots in the presidential nominating calendar.
"There are other aspects to diversity. Another aspect is that Iowa offers that rural component in the process. It offers that Midwest component in the process," said Scott Brennan - the only Iowan on the committee. "The focus should be on winning. Hillary Clinton was not elected president...in the Midwest, she did poorly. Joe Biden was elected president because he was successful in the Midwest and so you have to think of this holistically in order to be successful."
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