New Hampshire’s political elites quickly pointed fingers after a Democratic National Committee panel voted Friday to strip the Granite State of its first-in-the-nation status on the presidential nomination calendar. Republican elites blamed Democrats for the Rules and Bylaws Committee decision. Democratic elites blamed their national party leadership. What neither side did, but should, is consider […]

It is clear in hindsight, and clear to many at the time, that the choice to sideline New Hampshire in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary process was designed to spare President Joe Biden from scrutiny over his ability to mount a vigorous reelection campaign. South Carolina was chosen to go first. As New Hampshire, following […]