FLASHPOINT for Dec 01, 2006

Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 | 7:22 a.m.

By now you have heard that Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack for- mally kicked off his presidential campaign this week. He will actually be in Las Vegas on Saturday, so let me tell you why Nevadans should be huge Vilsack supporters - at least for a while. If Vilsack can get momentum and starts to look like one of the front-runners, he will surely appear to have locked up his home state. And that means the other Democratic front-runners and, more important, the media, will ignore Iowa and proceed to the second state. And that second state then could become even more important - even seeming like the first state. And what state comes right after Iowa and could benefit from such a scenario? Home Sweet Nevada. Go Vilsack!

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