Sandoval ready to move Nevada’s GOP caucuses back to February

[brooklynite]

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Gov. Brian Sandoval doesn’t have the official last word on telling the state party whether to stick to its guns or bend to national GOP pressure to move its caucus date back to February.

But as the top Republican in the state, many in Nevada are looking to him for a signal.

On Thursday, he indicated he was ready to cave to national party pressure and move Nevada’s caucuses after the other early contests — though that’s not how he wanted to characterize it.

“I don’t think it’s caving at all,” Sandoval said of the idea of moving Nevada’s caucuses from Jan. 14, when currently scheduled, to Feb. 4. “I don’t call it caving when you’re trying to work for the good of all."

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/20/sandoval-ready-move-nevadas-gop-caucuses-back-febr/

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Every election the States go through this posturing, and every election we end up pretty much where we started: Iowa, then New Hampshire, then South Carolina, then Nevada. Why do they even bother?