Desroko on 04 January 2008
The states set their primaries and caucuses themselves, but the parties try to exert some influence to keep them from getting too crazy (soon enough, Iowa wil be held in the year before the election, which is just stupid). This year, Michigan and Florida will probably be sanctioned on the Democratic side for moving their primaries up too soon.
Iowa and NH are swing states, by the way. Arguably, so are Nevada and Michigan.
