September 23, 2011 09:40 PM UTC

GOP To Move Up Caucuses?

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• by: Colorado Pols

FOX 31’s Eli Stokols reports, tough to see a downside:

Colorado Republicans will vote Saturday morning on a resolution to move its presidential caucus up to February, just one day after the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.

GOP Chairman Ryan Call told FOX31 Denver that no decision has been made yet but that the idea seems to be gaining support.

“There seems to be an emerging consensus within our leadership that likes the idea of moving up,” Call said…

“It’s to make sure Colorado’s voice is part of the discussion,” Call said. “We understand we’re not Iowa or New Hampshire, but we feel Colorado is in a unique position as a targeted swing state and that our voice in selecting that party’s nominee is an important voice.”

While the caucuses in Colorado do not bind delegates to the convention, moving the date up would give whoever wins early bragging rights in a state considered key to winning the general election in November of 2012. It will certainly have the effect of increasing the attention our state receives from GOP candidates between now and the caucuses–the question is, will that attention early in the cycle make Colorado more winnable for the GOP in the general?

Because that’s what it’s all really about of course. A poll follows.

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