As a follow-on to Newt's declaring ClintonObama as the concretized opposition candidates, the party appears to be unable to listen to another "trust-me" Bush press conference anymore than the remaining sensible parts of the Nation.
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CONCORD, N.H., Aug. 9 — The South Carolina Republican Party has moved up its primary to Jan. 19, leapfrogging ahead of the Florida primary and setting the stage for more states to move up their contests, potentially pushing the nominating calendar into December and moving up the date of the New Hampshire primary. - NYT