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    The Candidates' Take on Nevada Caucus Results

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    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney emerged from the Nevada caucus on Saturday with a very safe win not just in delegates, but in every demographic category of Republican voter. Each candidate addressed the Nevada results on Sunday either before a campaign crowd or on national television.

    Here's a look at how each of the candidates responded to Saturday's results:

    * Mitt Romney. In a victory speech to Nevada voters, Romney took aim at President Barack Obama's record on unemployment. His victory was a foregone conclusion, so Romney used the chance to speak like the eventually nominee: not speaking against his primary opponents, but rather against the sitting president. In anticipation of the Colorado caucus on Tuesday, Romney's campaign website has a video to help people understand how to turn out to vote for him.

    * Newt Gingrich. The former House Speaker said he was looking forward to remaining competitive until Super Tuesday, when his native Georgia would surge him in delegate count. Gingrich was on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning where he said that Romney had won Nevada four years ago and "He won it this time," Associated Press reported. Gingrich may be dismissive of his loss now, but his campaign web site describes a Nevada victory as "a tipping point for contenders…and victory is vital." Gingrich plans to campaign in Minnesota and Colorado, but will skip Missouri as his name does not appear on the ballot there next week.

    * Ron Paul. After working the state for four years, Paul made one last campaign stop in rural Nye County, a Ron Paul stronghold of support and the only county he managed to win on Saturday. It is home to legal brothels, one of which was an outright support of his campaign, National Journal reported. His campaign has focused on winning caucus states, although he has yet to accomplish anything better than third place in the two states thus far. He told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that he didn't know when or where he would achieve his first victory, but felt numbers in three or four states "looked pretty good."

    * Rick Santorum - The former Pennsylvania senator campaigned in Minnesota on Sunday and said he was confident of doing well there and "Missouri on Tuesday and I think we're also going to do well in Colorado." Associated Press reported he is looking for a good result from Colorado, where Christian evangelicals have a stronghold. His last victory was the Iowa caucus -- news that arrived just one day before the South Carolina primary was held. He placed a distant fourth in the Nevada caucus.

    Dan McGinnis is a freelance writer, published author and former newspaper publisher. He has been a candidate, campaign manager and press secretary for state and local political campaigns for more than 30 years.

     

    18 comments

    • Andrew  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      Reports I've heard said that Paul won Carter county, taking about 2/3 of the vote. Something is wrong here. I've also heard reports that Ron Paul did much better in Iowa than what we were told.
      Now look, I could be wrong, and it's ok if I am. But consider how the news media has treated him. CBS debate gave him only 90 seconds of time and others were similar. Do we have an honest electoral process here?
      • MikeinAZ 3 mths ago
        Not any more we don't. Clear Channel owns Fox, Clear Channel is owned by Bain. Where did Mittens the flip-flopping progressive work?
      • Bill 3 mths ago
        No honest process - you got it!
      • Mike 3 mths ago
        I agree. Something crooked is going on here.
    • MikeinAZ  •  Worland, Wyoming  •  3 mths ago
      Actually, he won 2 counties, and I wonder how many he'd win if they counted the votes accurately??
    • A1  •  3 mths ago
      Ron Paul supporters, if you haven't already, please go to VoteRonPaul and make your pledge to vote for him. Take a look at the map that is shown. It'll show supporters from across the country. Please share the page with your friends, family and other Ron Paul supporters and scroll down to the bottom to like their facebook page. I would love to see EVERY Ron Paul supporter make their pledge to vote for him. We know that Ron Paul has faced and will face continued efforts to marginalize him and even attempts at voter fraud (Iowa for example!) If we could get every single Ron Paul supporter to this site and make their pledge, it is my belief that it will be hard for them to ignore especially when we start seeing numbers into the millions. We would make people's eyes pop out of their heads when they see the sheer number of us and no one will ever have a reason to say he is "unelectable" ever again. Thanks.

      Take heart. If you look at the map, he "owns" several states in the NE and several others as well. Let's get all his supporters to that site and turn in red with checks!
      • Bill 3 mths ago
        I've already done as you suggest. We must have some accurate numbers to use to prove voter fraud..
    • Sam  •  3 mths ago
      The caucus results r not correct. U can go to the votes. Votes being taken away from the politician voted for. What's up with that? Also they show the late caucus vote being taken & filmed and Paul comes out on top Way over the other guys. Maybe we should film all voting results. With all caucus members there to tally the difference, they can't cheat. The polls show much difference than the facts. Go to u tube the polls show 2000 posted then 1700 posted where did the votes go. Once counted they should stand. This has been documented. Check it out. Don't they understand that this has been documented and the film has been saved. So even if they delete it, The fact still remains the same. We have proof that they have changed the numbers to benefit themselves. I am saving all I can to prove they are liars. Ron Paul came in 2nd in this election period and maybe first. I haven't finished counting the true original votes yet, because I need the true original votes. Where are the Nevada precinct captains I need your correct numbers ASAP. Thanks. Sam from Nevada
      • Owiseone 3 mths ago
        Somebody needs to expose them. Good luck to you!
      • Bill 3 mths ago
        About time somebody did this. I have been wondering about voter fraud myself...and what about these "supposed" threats from the GOP to the Paul family's political future??
      • Mike 3 mths ago
        There is definitely a fraud being perpetrated on the public. I hope you find it and expose it.
    • Sam  •  3 mths ago
      We need someplace to count the votes for RON PAUL that can't be administered by the corrupt elite. I am willing to post my name and anything else the republican party requests to do so. It may not be private but we will have an accurate count and they have all of this information already so the only difference is it is not private anymore. I am voting for Ron Paul. Period. Any takers please sign thumbs up here.
      • Bill 3 mths ago
        amen...RON PAUL 2012
    • Tracy  •  Medford, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      Its so hard to believe that these media piece of S@$t will through our country down the drain for a buck!
    • DreamJ  •  Aguanga, California  •  3 mths ago
      Romney is very foreign.
    • HG  •  3 mths ago
      Your article is false. Paul won two counties. Nye and Esmeralda. Esmeralda was very small, but that's not the point. If it was, you would have noted that. It was very sly how you posted about how Paul only took third in the two events. Of course you were referring to only caucuses, thus you were accurate. But that is a great job of misleading the general public who, like even most of the Paul supporters who read this, didn't realize you were speaking of only caucus states. Many people take caucus and primary to be interchangeable.
    • Becky  •  3 mths ago
      You know, I think we'd be more inclined to believe they were actually telling the TRUTH if there weren't so many shenanigans going on with EVERY vote. IA - counties got thrown out, SC and NH - dead people voting, and now NV - sham caucuses and miscounting/recounting. Do they really think the people are that stupid? We know who won NV because we had people there, filming and relaying the numbers. Ron Paul. :)
    • Time  •  3 mths ago
      There are a LOT of people in South Carolina who are mad as H_LL.They are living in small districts where everybody and their brother voted for Ron Paul but the polls say Gingrich and Romny won. They have also reported that Romny was paying people to hold up signs for him and come to his rally's. Gingrich was cancelling speeches left and right because no one was there. It is quit obvious that voter fraud is going on. I can only hope that this can be stoped very, very soon. We the people have been robed of our votes!!!
    • Abraham  •  3 mths ago
      That most irresponsible and cunning way of writing a Journal, Totally biased, and even though they don't have anything great to write about contenders of Ron Paul. But happy to see what Ron Paul stands for freedom of speech and Liberty. Ron Paul wins in rural Nye "It is home to legal brothels, one of which was an outright support of his campaign". At least these people understand the word liberty and limited Government.
    • Iva  •  3 mths ago
      Lyin' sack of poop. Paul came in second in New Hampshire.
      • HG 3 mths ago
        He was referring to caucus states only. New Hampshire was a primary.
    • Fairplay  •  3 mths ago
      This isn't journalism. It's a smear job. I will write in Ron Paul and all my friends are doing the same.
    • Quanzo  •  3 mths ago
      The media criminals and party bosses would have it so much easier if that pesky Ron Paul would just go away. It's getting harder to keep up the smears and the vote fraud.
    • Ken  •  Providence, Rhode Island  •  3 mths ago
      yahoo is completely censoring the comments in this article as well as others on Dr Paul, complete slander!
    • DreamJ  •  Aguanga, California  •  3 mths ago
      The President makes this whole group look silly. I'm not in favor of everything he does...but these guys are idiots.
    • michael  •  3 mths ago
      Hahaha. The only county Ron Paul won is full of legal prostitutes and he's too old to get it up.
    • Nam Marine  •  Twinsburg, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Rife with voter fraud. Everywhere! Voting=waste of time!
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