South Carolina may cause Iowa to move up

The Iowa Caucuses might take place in 2007.  Today that strange prospect became more of a reality as the South Carolina GOP acknowledged their intention to move the primary up from February 2nd to mid-January -- possibly January 22nd. 

New Hampshire also holds its primary on the 22nd, and would have to move theirs up if South Carolina followed through on what they are threatening to do.  Nevada will have its caucuses on January 19th.  But according to the AP, there is no indication that Nevada will change the timing.

The main worry is that Iowa would have to move up.  At the moment, Iowans are scheduled to vote on January 14th, but that could change to late-December if South Carolina took action.  The South Carolina GOP will make its decision tomorrow.

Lastly, it is not clear whether schedule changes in Iowa, should they happen, would just affect the GOP, or whether both parties would vote earlier.