Vote early at your peril

摘要

For years Michigan's Democrats have said that the primary system gives Iowa and New Hampshire unfair attention. So last autumn the state's Democrats and equally miffed Republicans moved their contests right up into January. Michigan became a political hot spot, with candidates swooning at Detroit's latest cars and promising to revive the state's economy. At least, that's what the Republicans did. No Democrat turned up, except for Dennis Kucinich.