Who exactly are these bosses?
The checks on the national parties doing "virtually anything" with the presidential primary calendar
At FHQ this week:
Senate companion bill would also see Rhode Island presidential primary shifted to Super Tuesday
Idaho legislators again try to resurrect presidential primary in the Gem state

I had initially planned on a big “rest of the calendar” update today — actually that was planned for last week — but it has gotten bogged down by research and data gathering issues. Never fear, I will have that one soon.
Instead, today I have one that started out as the opening to a piece most of which ended up here. But I did not want that front half to lay fallow any longer, so let’s talk about the limits of calendar crafting power…


