A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Good news for anyone who thought the Presidential primary season couldn’t come soon enough:

(Washington Post): South Carolina's Republican Party will move its 2008 presidential primary forward to Jan. 19…a decision almost certain to spark a cascade of calendar changes that could push the start of voting to New Year's Day or even to before Christmas.

Politicians have different explanations for this – New Gingrich, speaking to the National Press Club Tuesday, blames the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. The former Speaker of the House said the $2300 cap put on private contributions has forced candidates to start earlier and earlier in order to raise the substantial funds necessary to stay in contention.

My question is: Why not make it two years, or three? Maybe there could be an all-Presidential campaigning, all-the-time C-SPAN network where Wolf Blitzer and Chris Wallace could begin moderating debates that would start the day after our next President is sworn-in in January 2009?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/08/AR2007080802112.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR