Originally Posted by eweissenbach

I have long been an advocate of a national primary day in which states may opt in or opt out. March 1 or thereabouts and no campaign may begin until January 1 (in my dreams of course). I was in Des Moines Iowa for the last two election cycles and saw firsthand the circus that leads up to the Iowa caucuses for a full year! Iowa attracted 120,000 republican caucus goers this year and they got months worth of media attention and millions upon millions of dollars spent for that miniscule participation. Iowa and New Hampshire, two of the smallest population states, and least diversafied, dominate the political landscape WAY out of proportion to their real significance.