Early primaries mean different issues get attention

I heard an interesting analysis on NPR this a.m., containing quite a bit of good news for me, as a voter whose interests may be more represented by this shift in primaries dates - more larger states with more Democratic voters will be weighing in early, which means "our" issues (as opposed to the issues that are important to smaller, more rural, more conservative states like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina) will be the focus of much more attention:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10040679