Iowa and New Hampshire

I'm not big into long extensive analytical posts on many subjects, politics included, so this one is short and sweet.

We say that the Iowa Caucus, the first in the nation, will give us a good understanding of who the front runners and likely nominees are for both parties.

But then we say that since New Hampshire is the first primary, we will get a clearer understanding after it. New Hampshire, being proud of it's strong-willed heritage, does not wish to follow Iowa's suit and proceeds to give their nomination to the two candidates who placed third in the Iowa Caucus.

So what do we learn? That neither of these two smaller states have as much weight as we tend to want to give them and as a country we would all be best served if we all voted on the same day for the primaries. Instead, some people will continue to be poorly influenced based on one or the other of these states instead of choosing a candidate based on their merits. (In other words, it's peer and media pressure).