January 8th: Washington DC. [CHOCOLATE CITY FOR REAL. IT'LL BE OFF THE HOOK].
January 15th: Upper Midwest Primary. Minnesota; Iowa; Wisconsin; Illinois. [CLASSIC BATTLEGROUND STATES AND DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICS].
January 29th: Southwest Primary: New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada. [THE LIKELIEST PLACE FOR AN ANTI-BUSH/REPUBLICAN REVOLT IN 2008. GOOD LATINO DEMOGRAPHICS].
February 12th: Central Midwest Primary: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, West Virginia. [WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME THERE IN THE FALL, WHY NOT GIVE THEM SOME LOVE IN THE WINTER?]
February 26th: New England Primary: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
[OLDIES BUT GOODIES. WOULD CONSIDER MOVING THEM DOWN A WEEK].
March 11th: Southern Primary: Florida, Arkansas, Virginia, Louisiana [PUERTO RICO]. [THE WINNABLE SOUTHERN STATES BASED ON RECENT PERFORMANCE].
March 25th: Western Primary: California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Montana. [TRUE BLUE BUT PLACING AN EYE ON MONTANA BECAUSE OF SCHWEITZER'S SUCCESS AND IT'S INDEPENDENT STREAK].
April 8th: Mid-Atlantic Primary: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware. [TRUE BLUE II].
April 22nd: Deep South Primary: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana.
[THE LEAST WINNABLE SOUTHERN AND BORDER RED STATES].
May 6th: Plains State Primary: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma. [SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL].
May 20th: Deep West Primary: Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Alaska. [THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL].
Assumptions and objectives:
Battleground states and diversity take priority.
True Blue regions take second priority.
Deep Red states bring up the rear.
Free publicity is more valuable than having an quickly selected nominee. We'll get the winner the money. We proved that last year. But having quality PR through May is crucial.
All election days are on Tuesday, but I would prefer to see a Sat/Sun cycle depending on the football schedule in January. In fact, we should experiment with having voting over 3 or 4 days.