California, the new selfish...

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The nation's most populous liberal state has moved its presidential nominating contest to early in the 2020 calendar

"It's a big deal," said Ben Tulchin, a San Francisco-based consultant who worked as a pollster for Democratic U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. "The traditional schedule had smaller states, more affordable states, retail politics. California is not like that."

The shift to so-called "Super Tuesday" in March 2020 will change how campaigns structure their efforts and require tough decisions about allocation of resources, Democratic Party sources and strategists say. Competing in California, with its large, expensive media markets, may only be possible for the most deep-pocketed campaigns.

That factor alone might be enough to keep some of the two dozen or so Democrats who are considering entering the race from getting in.

“The amount of money you’re going to need to be competitive in California is just going to knock so many people out before it begins,” said James Demers, who was co-chairman of Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign in New Hampshire.

Like the overpriced tickets for Michelle Obama's book tour, we see yet another example that Democrats are a party for the rich. Michelle is hoping to inspire young kids, ehem, young kids that can afford her...and the Democrats are making sure the big fundraisers get a better voice first via California!

So who supports this strategy of letting the money get the advantage over the message earlier in the campaign season?