calendar after a panel of committee members voted this week to, effectively, stripped them of their coveted first in the nation status. it is all part of the national party s efforts to restructure the nominating counter in a way that they say will be more reflective of the modern party and its current state. what does this mean for the future of democratic politics? here to help us answer that question is my all-star sunday panel, at least journalist, and contributor also msnbc political analyst and republican strategist, former national deputy for president obama, it s great to have all three of you with us. elaine, i ll start with you. give me a sense of how a more representative primary calendar actually change democratic presidential politics. well, it is really important because the primary season gets us there opportunity for the electorate to get to know all the candidates. to test the messaging, to test
window to reflect the diversity of the democratic party. they wanted them to be as inclusive as possible. they wanted them to demonstrate a level of confidence on how they run elections and they want as many general election battleground state voters to be part of that process. states have not been selected yet. the message was sent that the status quo will not necessarily carryover inlets let new states make their case. in a couple of months there s a chance you may see a different looking calendar on the democratic side. i love that first in the nation status. do you worry about backlash? a lot of states out there that can give what iowa gives that can give rural voters. there will still be geographic diversity. there will still be demographic diversity. at a lot of different things.
window to reflect the diversity of the democratic party. they wanted them to be as inclusive as possible. they wanted them to demonstrate a level of confidence on how they run elections and they want as many general election battleground state voters to be part of that process. states have not been selected yet. the message was sent that the status quo will not necessarily carryover inlets let new states make their case. in a couple of months there s a chance you may see a different looking calendar on the democratic side. i love that first in the nation status. do you worry about backlash? a lot of states out there that can give what iowa gives that can give rural voters. there will still be geographic diversity. there will still be demographic diversity. at a lot of different things.
to the bad old days. patrick: when the parti québécois, the first, uh, sovereignist party to be elected, was elected in 1976, it didn t come out of a vacuum. it came out from a couple of decades of awakening and struggle. anthony: 50 years from now, will people be still speaking patrick: french. anthony: predominantly french in montreal? patrick: yes. anthony: no doubt about it? patrick: no doubt about it. anthony: french first is something most would agree with. how far and how rigorously you want to go with that, well do you think there was ever any possibility or real majority or a plurality of québécois who would have voted in separate nation status? patrick: you know, in english you guys say timing is everything. anthony: right. patrick: and timing was never better than in the period of 1990, 1991, 92. because in 95, this country came inches from being broken up. anthony: close. patrick: yeah. anthony: do you think it ll ever happen in the
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