Busy week

For those of you keeping score at home, this week has 3 contests for 2008 -

Both Republicans and Democrats head to the caucuses in Nevada on Saturday.

On the Republican side...the Michigan primary is Tuesday and the South Carolina primary is Saturday.

The Democrats will face off in South Carolina next Saturday, the 26th. You can check out the Democratic debate live from Las Vegas tomorrow night at 9:00 PM Eastern on MSNBC.

And a cheat sheet, courtesy of MSNBC's First Read

Michigan
Tuesday, January 15 (R)
- 30 delegates up for grabs that night
(Note: Michigan originally had 60 delegates but because it moved its primary before Feb. 5, the RNC stripped it of half its delegates.)
- Type of contest: open primary: Democrats, independents and Republicans can all vote.
- Polls open-close: 8:00 am ET to 9:00 pm ET
- Delegate allocation: hybrid (mostly winner-take-all by congressional district)

Nevada

Saturday, January 19 (D)
- 25 delegates up for grabs
- Type of contest: closed caucus (but there is same-day registration, so independents and Republicans can register same day
- Delegate allocation: proportional by statewide vote

Saturday, January 19 (R)
- 0 delegates up for grabs that night (note: Nevada's 34 delegates are all unbound)
- Type of contest: closed caucus (straw vote): independents and Democrats cannot vote
- Delegate allocation: hybrid (mostly winner-take-all by CD), 15% threshold

South Carolina
Saturday, January 19 (R)
- 24 delegates up for grabs that night
- Type of contest: open primary: Democrats, independents and Republicans can all vote.
- Delegate allocation: hybrid (mostly winner-take-all by CD), 15% threshold

*NOTE - The Michigan Democrats vote on the same day as the Republicans, but the DNC stripped Michigan of all of its delegates when the primary was scheduled earlier than February 5th.