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Has anyone seen any polling data or news on the Nevada Caucuses
I found the NY Times Story interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/politics/hardship-has-changed-nevada-since-2008-caucuses.html
And in 2008, there was no such thing as a Tea Party. These days, Nevada is a cauldron of Tea Party activity. There are competing bands of Tea Party leaders, and one of its candidates unsuccessfully challenged Senator Harry Reid, the leader of the Senate Democrats, in 2010.
The economic and political changes of the past four years have established Nevada as a major battleground this fall, while adding some unpredictability to the Republican caucuses on Saturday. Mr. Romney is widely viewed as being in a strong position to win again this time, partly because he is a Mormon, and Mormons are expected to make up slightly more than a quarter of the electorate.
But the intensity of Tea Party activists in Nevada, fueled by the relentless economic downturn here, suggests the state might offer the Tea Party one of its final chances to block Mr. Romney. Ron Paul is focusing on Nevada at the expense of other states, while Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are competing intensely for Tea Party backers. On Wednesday, Mr. Santorum released an advertisement here that attacked Mr. Gingrich for supporting the Wall Street bailouts, describing them as “a slap in the face of the Tea Party.”
The economic and political changes of the past four years have established Nevada as a major battleground this fall, while adding some unpredictability to the Republican caucuses on Saturday. Mr. Romney is widely viewed as being in a strong position to win again this time, partly because he is a Mormon, and Mormons are expected to make up slightly more than a quarter of the electorate.
But the intensity of Tea Party activists in Nevada, fueled by the relentless economic downturn here, suggests the state might offer the Tea Party one of its final chances to block Mr. Romney. Ron Paul is focusing on Nevada at the expense of other states, while Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are competing intensely for Tea Party backers. On Wednesday, Mr. Santorum released an advertisement here that attacked Mr. Gingrich for supporting the Wall Street bailouts, describing them as “a slap in the face of the Tea Party.”
This seems to be sleeper. However in a Caucus and in the same state that brought us Sharron Angle, that they are going to go for Mitt. What does Newts organization look like? Does Santorum have a chance?