Ron Paul Celebrates Nevada Second
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.”
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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See all 57 CommentsHowever, 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.
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.
"...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!
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).
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).
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.
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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