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BY BLAKE HANSON

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GOP leaders from 4 states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, say they’re flustered by Florida’s attempt to leap frog their Presidential Primaries. Those four are the only states allowed to hold primaries before March 6, according to Republican National Committee Rules. Rules Florida is ignoring...again. Politico writes...

“Just as it did in 2008, Florida blew up the carefully constructed 2012 GOP presidential calendar Friday, choosing to hold its presidential primary more than a month ahead of the Republican National Committee-authorized date. It’s a move with far-reaching effects that could remake the presidential primary and caucus landscape — and possibly lead to a nominating season that begins as early as December.”

But don’t worry -- An analyst tells MSNBC, you won’t  have to schedule your holiday plans around voting.

ANCHOR:  “So Mark, there’s talk we could see voting in what, December?”
ANALYST: “Alex, I hope not in December. Most likely what we’re going to see is what happened back in 2008 where Iowa’s going to go in very early January.”

It’s the several state shuffle -- but what sort of implications are there for moving dates up? The New York Times reports...

“The Republican primary calendar has been in flux for months as states jockey for position and ... influence in the nominating battle. Florida’s decision will cost the state half of its delegates to the national convention. By moving their nominating contests up, all the states holding January contests — except for Iowa, which holds a nonbinding caucus — will lose half of their delegates, officials said.”

Media outlets are reporting this could have a profound impact on potential candidates like Chris Christie, who have not officially announced their intent to run. Fox and Friends talks with conservative commentator Karl Rove.

“Time is running out, this change by Florida to move its primary early is going to cause all the rest of these primaries and caucuses to move to early January, so we are going to have 3 months rather than 4 months between now and the time voters start to vote and that means Christie needs to get in.”

In an ironic twist, the Republican National Convention is set to take place on August 27 in...you guessed it... Florida.
 

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