Nevada Surrenders

After my hype and hysteria, Nevada has surrendered to the whims of the National Republican Committee. Not only did they abandon their originally planned caucus date of January 14, but they actually fully complied with the RNC's request and moved the date behind Florida to Saturday, Feb. 4.

With Nevada out of the way, New Hampshire will almost certainly take January 10 as their primary date, a week after Iowa's locked in date of January 3. As such, the dates should be as follows:

January 3 (Tuesday) - Iowa
January 10 (Tuesday) - New Hampshire
January 21 (Saturday) - South Carolina
January 31 (Tuesday) - Florida
February 4 (Saturday) - Nevada
February 4-11 - Maine Caucus
February 7 (Tuesday) - Colorado, Minnesota, Non-binding Missouri Primary
February 28 (Tuesday) - Arizona, Michigan
March 3 (Saturday) - Washington
March 6 (Tuesday) - Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming
March 10 (Saturday) - Kansas
March 13 (Tuesday) - Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi
March 17 (Saturday) - Missouri Caucus
March 20 (Tuesday) - Illinois
March 24 (Saturday) - Louisiana
April 3 (Tuesday) - Maryland, Washington DC, Wisconsin
April 24 (Tuesday) - Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
May 8 (Tuesday) - Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia
May 15 (Tuesday) - Nebraska, Oregon
May 22 (Tuesday) - Arkansas, Kentucky
June 5 (Tuesday) - California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota
June 12 (Tuesday) - Ohio
June 26 (Tuesday) - Utah