There may be some out there who are wondering, in the interests of fairness, whether we’re going to lambaste the Nevada Republican Party the way we did the Clark County Democratic Party when the latter screwed up its convention so badly, it needed to have an entirely new “do-over” to make up for it.

In a word, no.

It’s not that we’re biased in favor of the Republicans, even if they did select a way better-looking chairman for their convention in state Sen. Bob Beers than did the Democrats. It’s that the two situations are not at all the same.

In the Democrats’s case, the Feb. 23 county convention was ruined by incompetence. The party simply booked a room that was far too small to accommodate the expected turnout, much less the actual turnout. It took the state party essentially taking over the convention to get it right, with a second convention at the Thomas & Mack.

In the Republican’s case, the convention was thwarted because of the extreme competence of the supporters of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul. Our friend Chuck Muth — who knows about these things — describes at length how the Paul supporters out-organized the backers of U.S. Sen. John McCain on his blog. (For some blow-by-blow coverage, see our colleague Anjeanette Damon’s blog, and there’s some good info in the Las Vegas Sun’s story, too.)

Got it? Democrats screwed themselves by incompetence; Republicans screwed themselves by underestimating the passion and organizing skill of the Ron Paul Revolution.

And, as a side note, we couldn’t be more delighted. First, we love to see Republicans in disarray. Second, we think Paul is obviously the superior choice to McCain. (Paul is right on ending the drug war, ending the Iraq War and preventing future wars, as well as civil liberties, although we don’t endorse his entire agenda). Third, we love it when the people stand up and tell the powers-that-be what’s what.

So, go Ron Paul! Go revolution!