article_snippet: There is a crowded field of Republicans testing the waters for 2016 -- and the people of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are grateful.
article_snippet: the people of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina don't have as much reason to be grateful to the Democrats, who so far seem to be fixated on a single candidate.
article_snippet: The lack of a big field will likely spare Hillary Clinton a damaging mess, as California Gov. Jerry Brown suggested last week.
article_snippet: But, party loyalties aside, perhaps California Gov. Jerry Brown would have a different take if California Gov. Jerry Brown state were near the top of the nominating calendar.
article_snippet: When you have robust primaries in both parties, you have tons of money flooding into Iowa and New Hampshire, South Carolina, on television ads, on hotels, transportation, campaign headquarters," said Pace.
article_snippet: And there is some concern that on the Democratic side, us're just simply not going to see that this time around."