Do special interest groups hurt candidates?
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That would hurt Republican candidates down the line.
It also contended that any change would hurt black and Hispanic candidates.
There is also the "negative coattail" effect, in which an controversial Presidential candidate may hurt candidates on the party's ticket running for lower offices.
I surmise that marquee media cycles hurt candidates only when they highlight a weakness.
Iowa has hurt prominent candidates in some years and catapulted the obscure to prominence in others.
The shortened campaign especially hurt independent candidates.
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The White House does not like the versions passed last year by both houses but wants to avoid a fight that could hurt Republican Presidential candidates.