1.   Among the ideas that scholars and politicians have been debating are a rotating series of regional primaries, a national primary and primaries organized by time zone.

2.   Another alternative, one many big states prefer, would be rotating regional primaries, with a different bloc of states going first every four years.

3.   A regional primary would be different, particularly a region in which Arizona is a major player.

4.   A series of regional presidential primaries would be scheduled on the first Tuesday in March, April, May and June.

5.   A regional primary would benefit the region.

6.   But four or five regional primaries, each held a week after its repesentative state event, would add breadth and depth to the season.

7.   California Secretary of State William Jones said Monday in a statement that he endorsed the general idea of rotating regional primaries.

8.   California hopes to persuade Washington and Oregon to create a West Coast regional primary on the same day.

9.   Controlled regional primaries, spread out over four months in a rotating sequence every four years, might be a logical compromise.

10.   Dodd, in a telephone interview, said an early regional primary would also give established political figures a leg up on dark horses.