WHAT ABOUT WYOMING ? Republican Primary Gets Snubbed

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WHAT ABOUT WYOMING ?
Republican Primary Gets Snubbed

By Albert N. Milliron

CHEYENNE,
Wyoming (Politisite.com) - The chairwoman of the Wyoming Republican
Party, Amy Larimer , says she's disappointed that the presidential
candidates along with the press have all but forgotten about the
Republican Caucus in her state on Friday, January 5th
2008. As soon as the Iowa caucuses were over every Republican
candidate jumped right to New Hampshire. All is not lost as Governor
Romney while still in Iowa said his sons would be traveling to
Wyoming to campaign on his behalf while he campaigned in New
Hampshire. Duncan Hunter's wife would also be campaigning for her
husband as she grew up in Wyoming. . Duncan Hunter was the last of
three presidential candidates, to visit the state over a month ago.

Amy
Larimer further related, to a small group of press, that Wyoming is
being overlooked. “There is a lot at stake here, the first
delegates to the RNC will be chosen on Friday before any other
state.”

Wyoming
took a big risk moving its primary date and were penalized of half
its delegates by the Republican National Committee because moved its
date before Feb. 5 . Wyoming was trying to be more influential in
the race to the Presidency as the first representative in the West.
Each section of the country is represented early on with Iowa, New
Hampshire, Michigan, and South Carolina. The west wasn't represented
until a full moth later. Nevada also made the move to January 19th
this year. With the move it appears that Wyoming is getting even
less attention than in previous Campaigns.

Wyoming
Republicans moved up their county conventions, seeking relevance in
the primary season. (Democrats meet March 8.) The Republican National
Committee voted to deprive Wyoming of half its delegates because its
contest will fall before Feb. 5.

What
About Polling in Wyoming

There
are no Public Polling reports that we could find anywhere!
Politisite checked with Zogby, Rasmussen, Real Clear Politics, and
USA Survey. NOTHING Nada !

Politics

From
Wikipedia.com

Wyoming is
predominantly conservative and politically Republican.
There are only two reliably Democratic counties. In the 2004
presidential election, George
W. Bush won his second-largest victory, with 69% of the vote.
Current Vice
President Dick
Cheney is a Wyoming resident and represented the state in
Congress from 1979 to 1989.

Despite Wyoming's
clear preference for Republicans in national offices, Democrats have
held the governorship
for all but eight years since 1975. Governor Dave
Freudenthal was elected in 2002 and has one of the highest
approval ratings of any governor in the USA. Wyoming in 2006
reelected incumbent Republican Congresswoman Barbara
Cubin by just over 1,200 votes.

Politisite
Political Predictions

I
Feel like I am in Vegas. Let me roll the dice with a basic
understanding of statistical data. Laugh at me now or later. I am
asking you to do the same. What
are YOUR predictions for Wyoming?