In the latest sign of the Las Vegas ValleyÎéÎ÷s economic free fall, U.S. citizens are starting to show up in the early mornings outside home improvement stores and plant nurseries across the Las Vegas Valley, jostling with illegal immigrants for a shot at a few hours of work.
Call 2008 the year of the great tumult, the year of the outsiders, the young, the tech-savvy who are changing American politics.
Although most of the attention, money and passion lie with the long saga of the Democratic presidential contest, Nevada’s state Republican convention here offered evidence of the ground shifting across the spectrum, with an actual earthquake Friday night serving as an apt symbol.
