Candidates and their entourages are already driving through New Hampshire, preparing themselves politically and culturally for the state’s famously touted first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Why do they get to have the first-in-the-nation primary? My proposal, which I’ve made before, is that Vermont should also have a first-in-the-nation primary. There’s a simple reason for this, and it’s the reason that most things become law in New Hampshire: money. Vermont should announce that it will always hold its primary on the same day as the New Hampshire primary.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2019 23:37 UTC