RNC Announces Major Changes to Presidential Primary Process

Say that three times fast. As our friends from "The Fix" explain:

The Republican National Committee voted on Friday to drastically compress its presidential nomination process in hopes of avoiding a drawn-out and expensive fight that weakens the GOP's eventual standard-bearer in 2016.  The changes include protecting the rights of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to early votes  in February and making it far more punitive for other states — Florida, we are looking at you — to move up their primaries. The party's national convention will also move from late summer/early fall to no later than the end of July.

The moves were the brainchild of RNC commitee Chair Reince Prieubus, but will it ultimately be a good thing for Republicans? As "The Fix" notes, the Primary changes could end up forcing a candidate upon the GOP that might not be their best option in a General Election (like that's new):

Whether or not that was the right move — a compressed calendar puts a premium on momentum and makes it hard to stop a candidate with momentum even if it's not the candidate the establishment wants — remains to be seen, but Priebus has now left a major mark on how the party will pick its next presidential nominee. It may wind up being his lasting legacy at the head of the party.

What say you, Polsters? Is this good or bad for Republican hopes of winning the White House in 2016?

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Typical phonological process development chart

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TYPICAL PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT CHART Substitution Processes - when one class of sounds is replaced for another class of sounds. Phonological Process What is Happening? Examples Gone by Age Stopping (Stop) When a child substitutes a stop (b, p, d, t, g, k) for a fricative (s, z, f, v, th’s, h, sh,and zh as in measure) /pat/ for fat 3 yrs. /pine/ for vine 3 1/2 yrs. /tear/ for chair 4 1/2 yrs. /dob/ for job 4 1/2 yrs. /take/ for shake 4 1/2 yrs. /tope/ for soap 3 yrs. /pum/ for thumb 5 yrs. Deaffrication When a child replaces an affricate (ch, dz as in judge) with a stop (b, p, d, t, g, k) or a fricative (s, z, f, v,th’s, h, sh, and zh as in measure) /tear/ for chair Not Available /sop/ for chop /karm/ for charm /dob/ for job /dim/ for gym /zan/ for Jan Velar Fronting When a child /top/ for cop 3 1/2 yrs. (VF) replaces a velar sound (k, g, ng) with a sound that is made toward the front of the mouth. Fronting usually happens more often in the beginning of words compared to the end /reen/ for ring 3 1/2 yrs. /tup/ for cup 3 1/2 yrs. /doh/ for go 3 1/2 yrs. /tum/ for gum 3 1/2 yrs. Depalatalization (Dep) When a child substitutes an alveolar fricative (s, z) for a palatal fricative (sh, and zh as in measure) /tek/ for check Not Available /matsiz/ for matches /dudz/ for judge /dane/ for Jane Backing *This occurs in children with severe phonological disorders. When a child substitutes a front sound (t, d) with a back sound (k, g) /kop/ for top Not Available /hope/ for soap /gime/ for dime /bike/ for bite Liquid Gliding (LG) When a child substitutes a /wabbit/ for rabbit 5 yrs. glide sound (w, y) for a liquid sound (r, l) /wook/ for look /wing/ for ring 5 yrs. /yeef/ for leaf This can also occur in consonant clusters /bwed/ for bread 5 yrs. /gween/ for green 5 yrs. /bwack/ for black /gwas/ for glass Vocalization (Voc) This is also known as vowelization and happens when a child substitutes a vowel for a syllabic liquid /simpo/ for simple Not Available /abuh/ for able /tabo/ for table /papo/ for paper Syllable Structure Processes – sound changes that modify the syllabic structure of words. Phonological Process What is Happening? Examples Gone by Age Unstressed Syllable Deletion (USD) When a child doesn’t say the syllable with the least amount of stress /medo/ for tomato 4 yrs. /tefon/ for telephone 4 yrs. /efant/ for elephant 4 yrs. /nana/ for 4 yrs. banana /side/ for outside 4 yrs. Reduplication (Redup) When a child repeats a syllable of a target word which creates a multi- syllabic word form. Reduplication can be Total or Partial Total /baba/ for bottle 2 1/2 yrs. /dada/ for dog 2 1/2 yrs. /tata/ for television 2 1/2 yrs. Partial /bada/ for bottle 2 1/2 yrs. /dadi/ for dog 2 1/2 yrs. /tatu/ for television 2 1/2 yrs. Dimunization (Dim) When a child adds an “-ee” and sometimes a consonant + “-ee” to a target word. /cup-ee/ for cup Not Available /book-ee/ for book /doll-ee/ for doll Epenthesis When a child says an unstressed vowel usually “uh” between two consonants. /suh-poon/ for spoon Not Available/cup-uh/ for cup /puh-late/ for plate Final- Consonant When a child leaves a Open /ma/ for mom 3 yrs. 3 mos. Deletion (FCD) single consonant or consonant cluster off of the end of a word. This can happen on words that end with a vowel (open- syllable word) or on words that end in consonants (closed- syllable word) /da/ for dog 3 yrs. 3 mos. /wag-ih/ for wagon 3 yrs. 3 mos. Closed /boo/ for books 3 yrs. 3 mos. /ha/ for hand 3 yrs. 3 mos. Initial Consonant Deletion (ICD) *This is more uncommon but can occur in children with severe phonological disorders. When a child does not say the first single consonant or consonant cluster at the beginning of a word. /own/ for phone Not Available /ah-zit/ for closet /oo/ for shoe /indo/ for window /op/ for stop Cluster Reduction/ Deletion (CR) or Cluster When a child deletes or substitutes some or all parts of a Total All Cluster Reduction and Substitution should be gone by 3 1/2 yrs. /op/ for stop /eight/ for straight Substitution cluster. Cluster deletion can be Total or Partial /da/ for dark Partial Cluster Substitution /top/ for stop /bwed/ for bread /tate/ for straight /pwace/ for place /dak/ for dark Assimilation Processes – one sound changes to become more like another sound, usually its neighboring sound. Phonological Process What is Happening? Examples Gone by Age Labial Assimilation When a sound is changed to a labial sound (b, p, m, w) because of another labial sound in a word. Labial Assimilation can be Total or Partial /wap/ for wax Not Available /peb/ for pen /mob/ for moss Total /bub/ for bug Partial /bup/ for bug Velar Assimilation When a non- velar sound is /kug/ for cup Not Available /keek/ for keep changed to a velar (k, g, ng) sound. Velar Assimilation can be Total or Partial /goag/ for goat Total /kuck/ for cup Partial /kug/ for cup Nasal Assimilation When a non- nasal sound is changed to a nasal (m, n, ng) because of the influence of another nasal sound in the word. Nasal Assimilation can be Total or Partial /mom/ for mop Not Available /nong/ for long /non/ for nose Total /mom/ for mop Partial /mon/ for mop Alveolar Assimilation When a non- alveolar sound is changed to an alveolar sound (t, d, n, l, s, z) /tot/ for toss Not Available /suit/ for soup /dod/ for door Total /tot/ for top Partial /tod/ for top Prevocalic When a /den/ for ten Not Available Voicing voiceless sound that comes before a vowel is changed to a voiced sound. /zuit/ for suit /vight/ for fight /bie/ for pie Postvocalic Devoicing When a voiced stop, fricative, or affricate, that follows a vowel is changed to a voiceless sound (devoiced) /pick/ for pig Not Available /tuck/ for tug /sat/ for sad /bis/ for bees

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More evidence that Morse recall is an abuse of the political process

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Laura Carno, whose organization donated over $55,000 to recall Sen. John Morse, has been claiming Morse is an extremist on various conservative talk-radio shows.

Yet on "Politics and Guns" July 23, she said of Morse that, before this year, "you wouldn’t have been able to guess that he was a Democrat."

So Carno's problems with Morse are very recent, lending credibility to The Denver Post's view, as expressed in an editorial titled "John Morse Recall Is an Abuse of the Political Process," that the recall effort an extreme over-reaction to a policy dispute.

The statement invites questions for Carno about whether she thinks The Post is right that the Morse recall is a "perversion of a process that should be reserved for corruption and incompetence."

Here's a partial transcript of the radio interview, as well as the audio:

Carno: @31:52 Yes. That’s correct. And that’s one of the common questions that the recall committee got when they launched this, “Why don’t you just let him finish out his term?” So, there are a couple answers to that. One is, he didn’t get everything he wanted in the last legislative session. And just as a reminder to your listeners, Senator Morse was a very moderate Democrat. You wouldn’t have been able to guess from his legislative agenda from the previous terms that he’d been in there, you wouldn’t have been able to guess that he was a Democrat. He is former law enforcement. He had some good pro-police bills, pro-military bills. He even sponsored in 2007 a reciprocity bill for Conceal /Carry holders for Colorado – a very pro-gun bill.

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