Iowa Democrats are asking key members of the Democratic National Committee to reconsider giving Iowa one of the first five spots in the presidential nominating process. Iowa has traditionally held the first-in-the-nation spot, but the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted last month to boot Iowa from the spot it's held for 50 years. Instead, committee members voted to give South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan the coveted pre-window spots. Those spots, however, were contingent on states proving they could feasibly hold their contests in the early window. Each state had until Jan. 5 to meet guidelines, which ask each state's respective leaders to declare they are willing and able to change the date of their state primary.New Hampshire and Georgia were unable to meet those requirements. In a memo sent to committee members Thursday night, co-chairs recommended giving New Hampshire and Georgia more time "to work with stakeholders so they can meet the requirements of the waivers" and called for a meeting "over the next few weeks to discuss and vote on these extensions." New Hampshire's state law requires that they hold the first-in-the-nation primary, and Georgia Democrats need approval from their Republican secretary of state in order to go first."As of yesterday’s deadline for submission of letters of intent, we are faced with a situation in which at least two states will require deadline extensions because they may be unable to meet the conditions necessary to avoid the rescission of their waivers to hold contests in the pre-window," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn wrote in a letter to the Co-Chairs of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. Scott Brennan, the only Iowan on the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, says the DNC should reconsider Iowa as a "solution.""We view this as an opportunity to go back and say, 'Take another look, you made a mistake with us the first time,'" Brennan said. "We're willing to forgive and forget and take our spot back in the pre-window."Wilburn laid Iowa Democrat's pitch out in a letter, writing, "As a state party run contest, we retain the ultimate ability to tailor our contest to RBC rules and specifications and maintain a flexibility that states with state-run contests cannot. To that end, we request consideration for a conditional waiver be considered at the February meeting of the RBC."