Nevada Changes Plans AGAIN

Nevada Changes Plans AGAIN

Friday's statements from Nevada GOP chair Amy Tarkanian that the state was caving and caucusing after Florida are now inoperative:

Nevada Republicans decided Saturday to move up the GOP presidential caucuses to January to preserve the state's early voting spot, although it will cost the Silver State half its delegates at the national convention.

The GOP executive board voted to go ahead with plans to hold its caucuses on the Saturday following New Hampshire, once that state decides a new date.

That sets up a head on collision with New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, who insists on a full week after his state. That means it's going to be that much longer before the dates are settled, because Nevada and New Hampshire are each waiting for the other to make the first move.

That also, more than likely, pushes us back to the first week of January.

Given that Florida is going to cheat, the calendar that makes sense is:

Jan. 31 cheaters
Jan. 24 South Carolina
Jan. 21 (Saturday) Nevada
Jan. 17 New Hampshire
Jan. 10 Iowa

But if Gardner insists on that full week, try:

Jan. 31 cheaters
Jan. 28 (Saturday) South Carolina
Jan. 24 Nevada
Jan. 17 New Hampshire
Jan. 10 Iowa

The early states and national committees are gonna need to work this out fairly soon.