Me first!

They [other states] have grown increasingly furious with Iowa and New Hampshire, which has not set its [primary] date either, for insisting on maintaining their first-in-the-nation status. The fight to be first, or at least early, has boiled over into a roiling interstate feud.

(NYTimes "The Caucus" blog)

Is this an election we're talking about here or just some kind of party game? I still think we should have a year-long reality show, vote a couple people off the ballot every week, and go with whoever's left at the end. It would make about as much sense, and we could watch them eat bugs and snakes. Plus, if everybody had to pay a buck every time they called in to vote, maybe we could raise enough money to patch the potholes.