OK, I re-read it. If your contention is that there are others where this is the same, I agree. I am speaking of the media attention given to the small State caucuses/primaries. Some take the position that these States shouldn't be first, because they are small and being first gives them more say in the process than they deserve. I believe it is worth considering that this is the very thing that makes them valuable and should keep them first. We have become a media driven society. Average folks feel marginalized and disenfranchised. Iowa and New Hampshire, because they are rural and because of the caucus structure, as well as because of the independent nature of their voters, give the less mainstream candidates a chance to compete with the bigger names.

Mick