First In The Nation! ... Wyoming?

Wyoming Republicans just set their primary caucus for January 5, leapfrogging the entire field (well, for now, at least). The RNC has already sought to punish other states who have failed to abide by rules governing primary dates. The Wyoming Republican Party doesn't seem to be that worried about it.

"We're first in the nation," said Tom Sansonetti, the state party's 2008 county convention coordinator. "At least for the next couple, three weeks until New Hampshire and Iowa move, which I expect they will."

At this rate, the first primary will be held last week, and John Cox won, so why aren't you on the bandwagon?

I hope that the end result of this debacle of a primary process this year will result in some fundamental change for 2012. There's a massive free-rider problem here where the states have every incentive and no disincentive to move up. It's horrendous for democracy.