They're not. Huckaboob was expected to win Iowa given it's close proximity to Arkansas. McCain won New Hampshire because he practically lived there mainly because his campaign was strapped for cash and left for dead.
And the only reason Romney won anything was because those states held primaries right around the same time Romney made that speech on his faith after everyone in the media along with Huckaboob attacked his faith. Huckaboob is a slimeball and a dirt bag.
Huckaboob swooped into Iowa to upset Romney by garnering the Christian pro-life vote and McCain promised he would win NH which he did, (by practically living there). This time, Romney thinks he will win NH, but he lives in La Jolla, CA now, not MA, so, how’s that movey-changey going to work for him?