Why Romney Won Nevada

He's a Mormon. And there are a lot of Mormons in Nevada. The East Coast media's problem with his Mormonism is that it is so Western, so much of that vast space between Chicago and California which they cannot even begin to comprehend. They can cope with the South, which they know about, even if they only know that they viscerally detest it. But the West is a different world. And Mormonism is very much of the West.

Indeed, there are so many Mormon facilities in Las Vegas that one might reasonably assume half its population to be at least nominally Mormon, and a sizeable proportion to be a great deal more active than that. Yet well over half the population of Las Vegas is employed one way or another by either or both of gambling and prostitution. As Americans themselves say, go figure.

Which brings us to how Clinton won Nevada. She is an "understanding" wife...