And, he noted the calendar of coming contests where only registered Republicans can vote will play to his strength.
He could be helped by the unusual calendar of nominating contests, with the chance it provides for him to pick up large numbers of delegates on Feb. 5 and recover from any early setbacks.
DES MOINES, Dec. 3 — There has probably never been a presidential campaign quite as challenging to track as the 2008 race, given the sheer number of candidates and the shifting calendar of nominating contests.
With its historic early start, and a calendar of early nominating contests that was almost cruelly compressed, it has been a relentless slog.
To prevail this week McIlroy must get past local favourites Adam Scott and Jason Day, Both have been on the Australian clock for a couple of weeks as they take advantage of the gaps in the calendar to contest tournaments on home soil.
The Republican National Committee, which is trying to bring order to the chaotic calendar of the party's nominating contest, has offered to hold a presidential debate in Arizona in exchange for the governor agreeing not to move the state's primary, which is scheduled for Feb. 28.
In the next big round of contests, on March 2nd, ten states vote at once: no time for Mr Edwards to weave his magic, especially in the two biggest states, California and New York, which are expensive to campaign in.But the calendar is better than it looks.
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One contest, it seems, has been left off the official calendar of the 2008 presidential race: the Colin L. Powell primary.
