Where's Wyoming?

Today is the Republican Caucus in Wyoming. Yep. Big news. Um...didn't even make a "blip" on CNN Headline news this morning as they talked about politics and showed footage from New Hampshire.

This news item from CBSNews Online tells the story...sort of: GOP Ignores Jan. 5 Wyoming Conventions. In the story it is clear that the candidates aren't paying much attention to Wyoming and its 28 delegates [UPDATE 1/6/08 -- its 14! NYTimes had 28 yesterday and has upsted to 14 so they did get penalized for moving the primary forward] (out of 2,500 approx total). Poor Wyoming. What happens when a state party moves it's primary/caucus up to get more attention and they are STILL overshadowed by Iowa and New Hampshire? Tsk tsk...Poor Wyoming...

Here's today's schedule for Wyoming and here is where the results are supposed to be posted (it's an excel file -- not super high tech, but it works if they update it). Looks like the earliest one starts at 8:00 a.m. and the latest at 5:30 p.m.

Let's see who cares....

• Giuliani: Clearly doesn't care. Not a mention on the website or the blog.
• Huckabee: Really cares...about New Hampshire. Sorry Wyoming..no mention there either.
• Hunter: Well I can load the site today. Um...still has an Iowa countdown. No mention of Wyoming...or New Hampshire for that matter. Hello?? Anyone Home??
• Keyes: Hey -- Wyoming is actually on the Calendar on the home page! Wow! This of course from a candidate who is struggling to get anyone to report his results in Iowa.
• McCain: Um...nope. Doesn't care. Even in the state listings there is NO Wyoming. And no Wyoming on the blog either.
• Paul: Nope. Doesn't care. Care's about New Hampshire for sure...but not Wyoming.
• Romney: Don't feel the love here either. Under upcoming events NH, SC and MI get billing...but no Wyoming.
• Thompson: OMG! on the "Fred File" there is actually a post that says, "Help Fred in Wyoming!" And it's on the Home page of the site! Wow! That's it.

So while I like to think that I'm not naive when it comes to politics I admit to being surprised at the total lack of media coverage and news about this caucus. Explain to me how this shows the candidates are inclusive and care about the country as a whole? Seems almost like Vermont! I guess I shouldn't be surprised really. So...sorry Wyoming.

From one small state to another, look at it this way, at least the President has visited YOUR state (grin).