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...contrary, it scored what was originally intended to be a prime early slot on the political calendar, a nod to both the growing importance of Hispanics, who make up nearly a quarter of the state's population and the power of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who hails from Nevada. It agreed to hold a caucus instead of a primary because state officials believed they it would come second in the nation after Iowa and before New Hampshire, which prizes its first-in-the-nation status. But after Michigan and Florida jumped their primaries ahead and forced Iowa...
...Nevada caucuses. To many Washington wags, the very notion evokes images of show girls arguing with croupiers about the finer points of Hillary Clinton's healthcare policy and how, exactly, Barack Obama would engage in talks with Iran. And while that may well happen this Saturday, winning the state's Democratic caucuses has a lot more to do with courting the poor Hispanics that bus the hotel restaurants, the unions that represent them - and the other 1,754 caucuses across the state that will be nowhere near the Vegas strip...
...Just as with the Iowa caucuses, organization is key in Nevada; the idea isn't just to finish first in the big population centers, as it is in primaries, but to win the rural areas as well since delegates are pre-apportioned across the state. But while all three top Democratic candidates spent months and tens of millions of dollars organizing Iowa, none have invested nearly the same time and resources in Nevada. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have each spent three weeks or less in state. And while Iowans have been trained by 32 years of caucusing...
...Nevada could still get the last laugh. Because of the calendar contortions, Nevada's Democratic caucuses has gotten nearly 10 days of undivided press coverage. And with Clinton and Obama entering the contest with one win apiece in contested states, Nevada has suddenly become viewed as an important tiebreaker...
...Thompson campaign, which has been on life support for weeks, is banking on at least a second-place finish to give it a rationale to continue. Romney, who has spent millions of dollars in South Carolina, has officially ceded the expectation of victory here and left to campaign in Nevada, though he continues to spend money on television ads, in the apparent hopes of a third-place finish...