On Saturday, Jan. 5, Republicans in Dick Cheneys home state will hold their own renegade primary. It is a huge risk for the state GOP. They moved up the primary date without the blessing of Republican National Committee and will lose half their convention delegates for violating the rules.

But there may be a big pay-off: Wyoming could further confirm front-runner status Mike Huckabee and give him momentum into the Jan. 8 primary in New Hampshire - or provide Mitt Romney with his first, if minor, stop of what might be a Huckabee steamroller.