“We need to have the Primaries on the same day and the polls closed at the same time ...something like 10 PM EST down to 7 PM PST”
That would pretty much guarantee that the candidate with the most money would win (Romney, Bloomberg, etc.). Smaller states first gives people like Tancredo and Hunter a chance to be noticed.
I’ve heard that tired excuse too many times
The usual way did not help our conservative candidates