Gingrich win in S.C. makes Nevada relevant again
By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun
Remember Wednesday? When Mitt Romney was poised to win South Carolina, becoming the first non-incumbent Republican in history to take every early GOP presidential contest in a sweep that would render Nevada all but moot by the time the caucuses swung out West?
What a difference just a few days makes.
Newt Gingrich’s South Carolina win Saturday — combined with the revelation earlier this week that Rick Santorum actually won Iowa — has split the spoils of this GOP nominating contest so fully that there’s no way the early states, even once Florida votes, will have unequivocally determined a front-runner, putting Nevada back in position of influence in picking a presidential candidate.
“This speaks volumes for Nevada’s relevance. … No matter who takes Florida, Nevada is vital,” Nevada GOP chairwoman Amy Tarkanian said Saturday night. “I’m very excited.”
Gingrich staged a decisive victory in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary Saturday after managing to overcome a double-digit point deficit in just a few days. But what’s more significant is how he did it: by coalescing the conservative Republican vote.
I aint gonna be the first. Hope to follow Fools of Fox.
The hype about this state and that state deciding the candidates for any election are just that, hype. The American people, collectively, will vote for their candidates. The news media needs to stay out of decisions and stick to reporting results. Nevada is and shall continue to be “relevant” to Nevadans.