I always said that if we were to have a first in the nation primary, that it ought to be Missouri.
Think about it...
1. It’s midwestern in its thinking (the northern part)
2. It’s southern in its thinking (the southern part)
3. It’s suburban in it’s thinking (the burbs of KC and St Louis)
4. It’s urban in it’s thinking (KC and St Louis)
In short, it has a little of everything that would make it more representative than Iowa or New Hampshire.
P.S. I’m not from Missouri and have no relatives or business concerns there.