I agree that there's no particular reason Iowa or New Hamster should be guaranteed the "first" primary or caucus. (The GOP should throw away the caucus model and stick to private ballots instead, like Real America does.)
Why not Alaska, besides the fact that it's in the wrong time zone? Why not Wyoming once in a while? I would just love to see a Mittens or Jeb! East Coast liberal RINO trying to get the top spot there right off the bat.
It's funny how the most infected places try to set the tone for the rest of the primary selection process, isn't it? Let Montana set the pace, once, or Tennessee. Spin the Wheel of Fortune on national TV and pick the primary order that way.
Historically, it was New Hamster and Iowa that gave us two shrubs, put us on the Dole, and McStained the honor of the country before we were forced to try on Mittens.