Hello again, I'm Warren Alney. At the latest conference on global warming, President Trump has the U.S.

playing a dissenting role as opposed to its leadership in the past. That's later on our climate

change update. First, it's presidential politics and California. California, here I come.

Right back where I started from.

The midterm elections are over, and the campaigns of 2020 are already underway.

The last time the biggest state of the Union had a decisive national impact was 1972.

South Dakota Senator George McGovern nailed down the Democratic nomination by defeating

Vice President Hubert Humphrey in California's June primary.

I remember it well.

It was the first big story I covered as a television reporter here in Los Angeles.

Since then, California has become a kind of ATM for candidates of both parties to raise campaign money.

But the nominations have been virtually decided before California voters got to the polls.

In the hope of getting the state back in the action at last, the state legislature has moved the primary up from June to

March in 2020. To get a jump on the conversation, we've invited three veteran observers and

participants. First up, Carla Maranucci, senior writer for Politico's California Playbook. Hi, good to

have you. Hi, good to be with you, Warren.

So is this move on the calendar going to make a difference?

This will make a difference. I mean, California is kind of supercharging the process by moving up its primary to a month after the Iowa caucuses.

It's going to be sort of in a group of Super Tuesday States.

You know, how is this going to change it?

I think candidates, especially if there's a crowd of Democratic candidates, the strategy

may have to be completely different if California is only a couple of weeks back from Iowa.

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