The Nevada GOP had originally planned to hold its caucuses on Jan. 14. Not anymore:
Nevada has moved its caucus date to Feb. 4, ending a long standoff between the state and New Hampshire, the state and the national Republican organizations, and several of the Republican candidates, including frontrunner Herman Cain.
"We just basically want to be the adults in the room here," Nevada GOP chairwoman Amy Tarkanian said. "This has turned into a huge debacle... It’s unnecesasary, it’s turned into a distraction." [...]
By making the switch, Nevada will now be holding its caucuses four days after Florida holds its primaries on Jan. 31. But by making the switch, Nevada remains the first electoral contest in the West, and gets its full complement of delegates back, as well as a promise from the Republican National Committee that the state will have top-priority seats at the convention, as well as "the best hotel," Tarkanian said.
Getting the best hotel—the stuff true democracies are founded on! Anyhow, even though it was New Hampshire that had pressured Nevada most heavily, combined with the fact that a number of candidates suggested they might not contest Nevada if the state didn't budge, Silver State Republicans are more of a mind to blame Florida:
New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner had pushed Nevada to move its caucus to accommodate a New Hampshire state law that insists no other state hold its primary or caucus within seven days of New Hampshire's contest. New Hampshire wants to hold its primary on Jan. 10 — five days before the date Nevada initially selected for its caucus after Florida jumped the order of early states by taking Jan. 31. [...]
"Al of this started with Florida and their ego problem, said national committeewoman Heidi Smith, who said she would personally recommend any state who breaks the RNC's rules in the future loses two-thirds of its delegates, gets no place to stay during the party convention and loses its VIP passes.
It's all about the darn hotels, isn't it? Anyway, this move would finally appear to settle the GOP primary calendar:
• Iowa: Jan. 3
• New Hampshire: Jan. 10
• South Carolina: Jan. 21
• Florida: Jan. 31
• Nevada: Feb. 4
Wikipedia has a pretty good complete calendar here.