Spiker: Tough question for any President. Two really big cities (Las Vegas Metropolitan population 1.7 million, Salt Lake City Metropolitan population 1.2 million) both have important resources for the country. Salt Lake City had oil refineries and Geneva Steel and a number of strategically important mines (Silver King Coalition Mines, Bingham Canyon Mines, etc.)

The idea that a Mormon wouldn't care about Las Vegas is, of course, silly. Las Vegas was founded in 1855 by Mormons (<link> and has a huge Mormon population. 12% of the Southern Nevada population is Mormon. One of the Mormon Temples are in Las Vegas. And Romney has family in Vegas.

But it will be at that moment that we will know where Romney's "true" allegiance lies. Funny.