Republican caucus

It's not their kind of place.  Presidentially I mean.  Could you imagine the Republican convention ever being held in Las Vegas?  If we do one thing well, it's put on conventions.  I think there is no way the socially conservative base of the party would approve.

This brief story at MSNBC provides a very plausible explanation as to why Republican candidates have appeared frightened of the Silver State. You accidentally walk into a place called "Curves" around these parts and you are making a lot more news than single paragraph stories.