Mardi Gras mistake.

• Position: STATELINE - Ate's presidential primary date - Brief article

Alabama legislators wanted to move the state's presidential primary to a date that matters. So they chose the first Tuesday in February 2008. A February primary, one of the earliest in the country, would force presidential candidates to pay attention to Alabama. Unfortunately, that happens to be Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras that year. Historically, in southern Alabama, people...