Here’s a secret about Hispanic voters that not many people know: They’re just waiting for Hispanic Republicans to sell them out and reveal themselves to be more Republican and less Hispanic. They expect it. At the end of the day, Hispanics want to know that an elected official is not going to sacrifice common sense, and what he believes is the right thing to do, on the altar of ambition and political expediency.

Sandoval hasn’t done that. And, in 2014, he was re-elected in a landslide with strong Hispanic support.

So, one way of looking at the Nevada Republican primary is to ask: Which one of the two bright young Hispanic Republicans vying for the presidency is more like Sandoval—Rubio or Cruz?

The off-the-cuff answer would seem to be Rubio, and that could well give him an edge in Nevada, especially if Sandoval offers an endorsement. That’s a real possibility for Rubio.

And it’s hard to imagine Sandoval endorsing Cruz. Their political philosophies seem quite different, particularly on the immigration issue.