by Rick Moran
For the last several months, the Democratic Party had been considering a new calendar for the primaries. The party decided that the Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire primary â the traditional kick-off of the nominating contest â were just too âwhite.â Democrats believed they would do better by holding the earliest contests in âdiverseâ states. For instance, it wasnât until the South Carolina primary â held more than a month after Iowa â that an appreciable number of black voters would participate in the nomination process.
Bidenâs 2020 bacon was saved in South Carolina when, after three straight primary defeats and nearly being dismissed as a candidate, he rallied with the help of his friend Rep. Jim Clyburn and won. He was never headed after that.
This past week, Joe Biden sent a letter to the committee mulling changes to the Democratic primaries and left no doubt he was running for president in 2024…