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January 19, 2008 8:06 PM

Ron Paul Celebrates Nevada Second

Posted by Brian Montopoli
Ron Paul's fervent supporters have something to crow about: With nearly all precincts reporting, the Texas representative is sitting in second place in the Nevada caucuses.

Now, a few caveats. First off, it's a pretty distant second. Paul only got 14 percent of the vote, far behind Mitt Romney's 51 percent. Secondly, Paul barely edged out John McCain, who didn't campaign in Nevada, whereas Paul ran ads in the state. And third, Paul is not looking like a factor in South Carolina, where voters went to the polls today.

Still, second place is second place, and the Paul campaign is celebrating.

“Ron Paul has once again topped multiple media-anointed ‘frontrunners’ with his poll-defying second place showing in Nevada,” Paul campaign chairman Kent Snyder said in a statement. “We’re in this race to win, and we’re going to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
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by bobofdabronx January 22, 2008 6:07 AM EST
Ron Paul''s anti-Iraq war stand is a view that the GOP should consider in light of losing control of congress in 2006. Most of the GOP Candidates still don''t seem to get the message.

However, if his comments on Dr. Martin Luther King that another poster posted are true, he shot himself in the foot. If Dr. King was alive, he would have been on the same side of the Iraq war as Mr. Paul.
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by geecee2 January 22, 2008 4:12 AM EST
Look at how this site portrays Ron Paul by reading the main page of the Politics section and comparing the "CANDIDATE PROFILES".

The first four headlines for Paul include the words: "Unlikely, Unlikely, Odd, Racist".

Compare with the first four headlines for Romney: "The man to fix, Hopeful, Celebrates win, Religion Important".

The untrue and unfair characterizations of Ron Paul are reprehensible and this media bias is a disgrace to America.
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by keriama January 22, 2008 3:40 AM EST
Paladin777:

"...now that a Mormon president is a very real possibility; they are rallying behind him (Mitt)''almost blindly.''"

I don''t go along with that. I know of a number of LDS who are Democrats, some who are Independent and others who are for McCain. LDS are not supposed to vote ''blindly,'' that''s dumb. They''re supposed to study the issues out and vote their conscience, and most of them do.

Even if Mitt didn''t win any LDS votes in Nevada, he still would have won that state, they said on the news. Wyoming''s delegates were awarded to Mitt, and the others because they were the only ones who campaigned in that state. There was no caucus/primary vote. Cheers!

Go Romney!
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by smooth5959 January 21, 2008 8:50 PM EST
I fully support Ron Paul! He is what the "young" voter is looking for, all the other candidates just say they are looking to change the way things are, his record proves that he is looking to make a difference. It is not fair in any way how the media gives this man no credit and when they extend any credit his way it is looked down on. if the major news corps will not give him credit I will not support those channels (like FOX, ABC, CBS) I will also boycott any advertiser for those channels. Then maybe they will get the point! GO RON PAUL!!!!
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by smooth5959 January 21, 2008 8:45 PM EST
I fully support Ron Paul! He is what the "young" voter is looking for, all the other candidates just say they are looking to change the way things are, his record proves that he is looking to make a difference. It is not fair in any way how the media gives this man no credit and when they extend any credit his way it is looked down on. if the major news corps will not give him credit I will not support those channels (like FOX, ABC, CBS) I will also boycott any advertiser for those channels. Then maybe they will get the point! GO RON PAUL!!!!
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by smooth5959 January 21, 2008 8:45 PM EST
I fully support Ron Paul! He is what the "young" voter is looking for, all the other candidates just say they are looking to change the way things are, his record proves that he is looking to make a difference. It is not fair in any way how the media gives this man no credit and when they extend any credit his way it is looked down on. if the major news corps will not give him credit I will not support those channels (like FOX, ABC, CBS) I will also boycott any advertiser for those channels. Then maybe they will get the point! GO RON PAUL!!!!
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by smooth5959 January 21, 2008 8:45 PM EST
I fully support Ron Paul! He is what the "young" voter is looking for, all the other candidates just say they are looking to change the way things are, his record proves that he is looking to make a difference. It is not fair in any way how the media gives this man no credit and when they extend any credit his way it is looked down on. if the major news corps will not give him credit I will not support those channels (like FOX, ABC, CBS) I will also boycott any advertiser for those channels. Then maybe they will get the point! GO RON PAUL!!!!
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by paladin777-2009 January 21, 2008 3:29 PM EST
Thank you for writing about Dr. Paul; it''s good to hear some buzz about his presidential candidacy.

Let me first preface my comments by saying that I am a Mormon from Salt Lake City. I really believe that Dr. Paul most certainly is in the same league as the big boys. One of the main reasons why Mitt won Wyoming and Nevada is because they are caucus style. Over 1/2 of Romney''s votes came from Mormons, who mobilize very well. Michigan also catered well to Romney as he made extravagant promises to the ailing auto industry. Besides, Michigan residents remember Romney''s father, so that helped him get a bump.

Mormons use the same hierarchy that exists in our religion to dig deep to finance their candidate and they certainly mobilize well politically. Mormons are used to donating; they give 10% of all their income as tithing to their church. I believe that many Mormons who support Romney, even though they might not say it, tend to view him as a religious leader as much as a political one. That is, Mormons feel that they have been slighted in so many ways, now that a Mormon president is a very real possibility; they are rallying behind him almost blindly. No one knows this more than I, since I am a Mormon and have a very difficult time getting my Mormon friends to even consider voting for someone else (like Ron Paul).
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by paladin777-2009 January 21, 2008 3:29 PM EST
Thank you for writing about Dr. Paul; it''s good to hear some buzz about his presidential candidacy.

Let me first preface my comments by saying that I am a Mormon from Salt Lake City. I really believe that Dr. Paul most certainly is in the same league as the big boys. One of the main reasons why Mitt won Wyoming and Nevada is because they are caucus style. Over 1/2 of Romney''s votes came from Mormons, who mobilize very well. Michigan also catered well to Romney as he made extravagant promises to the ailing auto industry. Besides, Michigan residents remember Romney''s father, so that helped him get a bump.

Mormons use the same hierarchy that exists in our religion to dig deep to finance their candidate and they certainly mobilize well politically. Mormons are used to donating; they give 10% of all their income as tithing to their church. I believe that many Mormons who support Romney, even though they might not say it, tend to view him as a religious leader as much as a political one. That is, Mormons feel that they have been slighted in so many ways, now that a Mormon president is a very real possibility; they are rallying behind him almost blindly. No one knows this more than I, since I am a Mormon and have a very difficult time getting my Mormon friends to even consider voting for someone else (like Ron Paul).
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by libbysdad1 January 21, 2008 1:41 PM EST
Ron Paul is the only man willing to tell the truth. No matter what the election outcome I will not stop or back down from the thieves in Washington who continue to allow the Federal Reserve to steal 600 Billion a year from us till they are exposed for who and what they are, a bunch of thieves that have been ripping us of for nearly a hundred years. Finally this information has come into the light of truth. This is a movement that will be as great as MLK and the civil rights movement, so do not get discouraged or give up, this is a fight for the contitution and civil liberty every where.
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by malc_from_uk January 21, 2008 12:33 PM EST
I''ve been following RPs campaign from afar and it seems pretty obvious to me that no amount of complaining about media coverage is going to do any good. They (the media) have their orders not to cover Ron Paul in any positive light because he cannot be allowed the republican nomination. Its as crooked as that.
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by classicdoc January 20, 2008 11:53 PM EST
Paul''s doing remarkably well. Whether he wins or not, he is bringing a lot of people into politics from a pro-liberty perspective, and that will pay dividends for years to come.
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by cokeacolafan January 20, 2008 11:18 PM EST
GO RON PAUL!!!!!
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by jrbrown1989 January 20, 2008 7:47 PM EST
This article failed to mention that the ultra-war monger Duncan Hunter has lived here in Nevada for the last 30 days and got nothing. McCain is from our next door neighbor Arizona and was beaten by the Texan Ron Paul. Ron Paul''s message of non-violence, strong dollar, and small government was music to me and other Nevadans (except the Mormans) who do not want the government in our lives. For those who do, they had plenty of choices.
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by geecee2 January 20, 2008 5:24 PM EST
Hopefully more Americans will start paying attention to Ron Paul. The man makes sense and has a solid track record. One of many ways to learn about Ron Paul is to read his book "A Foreign Policy of Freedom". Paul needs to continue to engage the current frontrunners. If more people act based on the issues rather than who they (the media) say is expected to win then we will all be better off.
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by bud28dy January 20, 2008 4:57 PM EST
CBS isn''''t being biased but just stating the obvious. Paul came in a distant, distant second. He was the only other candidate besides Romeney to campaign in the state. Sorry guys buts that''''s the truth, not some voodoo negative spin. The real test was in SC where Paul campaigned as did everyone else except Guliani and Paul got 4% of the vote. It shows that when there is actual competition, Paul fails again miserably. All your whining about the huge conspiracy against you won''''t change the fact that your candidate is a chronic 5th place finisher. And why in the world do you think anyone would waste their time involved in a big conspiracy against Paul when he has never been any threat to anyone, except maybe Duncan Hunter. Facts are facts guys, deal with it.

And why do all of your postings about the "big Nevada second place finish" completely ignore SC where everyone campaigned? Do you ignore every bad fact? Sounds like you are doing a little spin of your own.
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by vilyn1 January 20, 2008 3:42 PM EST
And who got more votes then Hitlery and Obama?? RON PAUL that''s right :) The next president of the U.S.
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by January 20, 2008 3:42 PM EST
The Superdelegates and Unpledged RNC think they can pick our two choices for president, but the people of the United States have other ideas.
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by anarchristia January 20, 2008 3:25 PM EST
On the day before and the day of the Nevada caucases, CBS News'' Bill Whittaker reported that Romney campaigned alone, which was false, as Ron Paul campaigned there, physically as well on in the media, as anyone who searched Ron Paul Nevada can verify. On the day of the caucases, Bob Schieffer said Romney''s campaign in Nevada was "uncontested," also false. The only question is whether these falsehoods were uttered in ignorance or by those who knew them to be falsehoods. No reason I can think of speaks well of CBS News journalistic standards.
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by ladikiberty January 20, 2008 3:04 PM EST
Take note as many already have the corporate media in this country is dictating your opinion...By not fairly and accurately reporting unbiased facts they control the average citizens perspective on the election...
Just as bad is the fact that many states rely on touchscreen computer scanners to count our votes. Talk about control... These machines have known vote fraud since they were first introduced...Ask any qualified IT guy...Do a youtube or google search on voter fraud... They run a MS program chip and memory card all controlled by the manufacturer... Sounds like a coyote in the hen house scenario to me...But hey who won american idol???who is running and what are the important issues our country faces and what is their solution...Who is CFR? Who is the federal reserve? Who since 1913 has really been running our country and our government??? FACT not us the american citizen, more like corporate america.Btw we have been in a recession for almost 2 years the next stop is a widespread depression... Ck the world money mkt rates of exchange... Very sad hope you wake up in time...
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