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Awaiting Its Star Turn, Nevada Fights for Respect
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 14, 2007 09:33am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Published: November 14, 2007
LAS VEGAS — The idea was a simple one. The presidential primary calendar lacked an early Western state, and so with an ample dose of lobbying by Senator Harry Reid last year, the Nevada caucus was moved to Jan. 19, right between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary.
The switch has in many ways been a boon for Nevada voters. Candidates, who in previous years were never viewed outside an occasional Las Vegas fund-raiser, have busied themselves opening local offices — Senator Barack Obama was the first Democrat in memory to open shop in rural Elko — and making meditative statements about the 1872 mining law and other bread and butter issues of Nevada politics.
On a Sunday afternoon in October, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton told a large crowd gathered against the wind at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, “The road to the White House goes right through Nevada this year.”
On Nov. 15, Mrs. Clinton and the other Democratic hopefuls will hold a much anticipated debate here.
Yet the goal of making Nevada a truly relevant primary state has in large part been undermined by the process itself. In the last year, numerous states have moved their primary dates, as well — many to Feb. 5 — causing candidates to rethink where they spend their time and money. |
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