Opinion: Primary Tracker to the rescue

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Need help staying on top of which states vote when -- and the number of delegates up for grabs -- in the 2008 presidential nominating process?

We know we do. For instance, the date of the Iowa caucuses (Jan. 3) may be burned into our brain, but we have to keep reminding ourselves that two days later, Wyoming Republicans conduct a similar contest -- a potentially interesting face-off in a solidly GOP state. And we long ago lost count of how many states are part of Tsunami Tuesday, the Feb. 5 barrage of primaries that many expect to determine each party’s nominee.

As a result, we’ll be making regular use of a new feature on our website’s political page: Primary Tracker. A few simple clicks on the artfully designed site makes it easy to stay abreast -- state by state and date by date -- of the campaign calendar. And once the candidates start accumulating convention delegates, it will be keeping a tally as well.

Here’s the site.

-- Don Frederick