http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080103/ap_po/wyoming_republicans;_ylt=AgI6CFqSqzir9NiHbr3lUvGs0NUEDon't forget Wyoming. It's been overlooked in the hoopla surrounding Thursday's Iowa caucuses and next week's New Hampshire primary, but Wyoming Republicans will caucus Saturday and choose delegates to the national convention in September.
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Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Duncan Hunter and Ron Paul have passed through since September. Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have not.
"Yes, there have been some appearances by the candidates in this state that otherwise wouldn't have occurred this early in the process," said Jim King, who teaches political science at the University of Wyoming. "But candidates are where the media are — in Iowa and New Hampshire."
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Wyoming has paid a price for scheduling the caucuses before Feb. 5 — the date the national GOP chose as the earliest that states can choose national delegates. Wyoming along with New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina and Michigan, will lose half of their delegates to the national convention in September.
Wyoming Republicans have tried to keep Saturday's county conventions relevant by sending all 12 delegates chosen to the national convention. They will hold back all but two that were chosen at the state convention in May.
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