We Need a Bipartisan Lottery

This would be one of my dreams. I absolutely, whole-heartedly believe our country would be better off if we adopted this.

The first week of December 2010, the Democratic and Republican chair-people schedule when their primaries and caucuses are going to be. Not where, but when.

Let's say they set it up this way:

First Week of January 2011 - one state

Second Week of January 2011 - one state

Third Week of January 2011 - one state

Fourth Week of January 2011 - three states

and then from there, have one state on Monday and then Super Tuesday the first week of February 2011 with seven states, and it goes from there.

Then do a lottery. And every four years, the lottery happens again, to determine the state order. The order's determined a year in advance so states can get ready. And this way, Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina will stop picking the presidential nominees each year, and our entire energy economy will not be based on corn.

Examples:
I just put 2011 through a simulator and got this order:

1. Connecticut
2. Texas
3. Utah
4. Oregon, Washington, West Virginia
7. Wisconsin
8. (SuperTuesday) - New Mexico, New York, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Vermont, Wyoming

And for 2015, this order:

1. Virginia
2. Louisiana
3. Vermont
4. Montana, Nebraska, West Virginia
7. Connecticut
8. (SuperTuesday) - Alabama, Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah

So, it may be some states appear in the top seven two election cycles in a row, but that's different than now, when it's the same states dictating every four years what the rest of the country is going to do.