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« on: January 19, 2008, 07:55:31 pm »







                              Clinton, Romney Win Nevada's Presidential Caucuses





Kristin Jensen and
Nicholas Johnston

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton claimed victory in Nevada's Democratic caucuses and Mitt Romney won the Republican contest.
 
Clinton, a New York senator, had 51 percent of the vote to score her second win over Senator Barack Obama of Illinois in the Democratic nomination race. While Obama had 45 percent the votes in the caucuses, his campaign said that he earned one more delegate than Clinton in Nevada because of the way they are apportioned in rural areas.

Former North Carolina Senator John Edwards received 4 percent, according to state party figures with 94 percent of precincts reporting.

``I guess this is how the West was won,'' Clinton told hundreds of cheering supporters gathered at the Planet Hollywood casino today. Noting some of the divisions in the party during the campaign, she said, ``we will all be united in November.''

Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, was the only major Republican candidate to focus on the state and he took 51 percent of the caucus vote with 98 percent of precincts reporting. Texas Representative Ron Paul and Senator John McCain of Arizona were in a close battle for second, both with about 13 percent of the vote.



South Carolina

The focus now turns to South Carolina, where Republicans were holding a primary election today and where Democrats will vote in a primary Jan. 26.

Arizona Senator John McCain and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee were battling for first place in polls of Republican voters, while Obama led Clinton in recent surveys of Democrats. Polls closed at 7 p.m. local time and CNN, MSNBC and Fox News reported the results were too close to call based on exit polls.

The victory in Nevada provides Clinton, 60, with more momentum heading into South Carolina after she prevailed in the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary. Obama, 46, has one victory under his belt in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. Edwards placed second in Iowa and third in New Hampshire.

``With Clinton and Obama so close, every win is important in that it can influence undecided independents and Democrats,'' said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University in New Jersey. ``Clinton also appears to have done well with union members, evidence that her strategy of appealing to core Democratic constituencies around economic issues might be working.''



Long Haul

Edwards's campaign manager, David Bonior, congratulated Clinton in a statement while saying that Edwards, 54, plans to stay in the campaign for the long haul.

``The race to the nomination is a marathon and not a sprint, and we're committed to making sure the voices of all the voters in the remaining 47 states are heard,'' Bonior said. ``The nomination won't be decided by win-loss records, but by delegates, and we're ready to fight for every delegate.''

The Obama campaign said its broad base of support allowed him to best Clinton in the number of pledged delegates, who will decide on the Democratic nominee at the party's national convention.

``Barack Obama did well throughout the state,'' Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said in a conference call with reporters. Plouffe said Obama received 13 delegates for the party's national convention in voting today and Clinton got 12.



Delegates

Speaking to reporters in Las Vegas, Clinton said ``nobody really knows'' about what the final delegate tally will be.

``This is about delegates but it's also about what people are voting for and who they think the best president will be,'' she said.

Nevada had 33 delegates at stake in the caucuses. An unofficial delegate tally by CNN which also included Iowa and New Hampshire totals shows Clinton and Obama tied with 37 pledged convention delegates each. Edwards has 18. That doesn't include the so-called super delegates, who are Democratic office-holders and party officials and are free to align themselves with any candidate. The Democratic nominee must collect at least 2,025 delegates. Each state party sets rules for how delegates are apportioned.

Among Republicans, Romney leads with 64 delegates to 21 for Huckabee, 18 for McCain, eight for former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and five for Paul, according to the CNN count. The Republican nominee needs 1,191 delegates.

About half an hour before the caucus was scheduled to start at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas strip, hundreds of shift workers lined up to take part. Blackjack dealers, housekeepers and bellhops stood patiently with boxed lunches provided by the hotel in a line stretching through two hallways.


Union Voters

Though Obama was endorsed by the union that represents many casino workers, Clinton prevailed.

Angie Iverson, a saleswoman at the casino's Cartier store, said she backed Clinton over Obama because she has experience to lead the country.

``He's a fantastic spokesman but he has to learn. I'm 60 years old and I still learn every day,'' she said of Obama. ``He should have waited.''

Nevada Democrats turned out in record numbers, with the tally topping 114,000 participants, with 88 percent of precincts reporting, the state party said.

Romney's victory gives him a third win in the nomination race. He won the Jan. 5 caucuses in Wyoming and then took first place in the Michigan primary on Jan. 15, edging McCain.
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Republican Race



The Republican race for the White House remains a jumble with three candidates -- Romney, McCain and Huckabee -- all claiming at least one early victory. Huckabee, 52, and McCain, 71, have both predicted they will add to their wins today in South Carolina.

Romney headed to Florida, which has its primary Jan. 29. He told a rally there that the state will be crucial to his campaign. The Nevada win is ``huge for us and we're very, very pleased.''

Representative Duncan Hunter of California ended his bid for the nomination after the Nevada results were announced, MSNBC reported.

In South Carolina, the Republican primary is a close battle between McCain and Huckabee, though Thompson continued campaigning in the state. Thompson, 65, needs a victory in his native South to keep his candidacy alive.

The other major contender for the Republican nomination, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 63, is focusing his attention on Florida's primary and a slew of states such as Illinois, California and New York that vote on Feb. 5.





To contact the reporters on this story: Kristin Jensen in Las Vegas at kjensen@bloomberg.net ;

Nicholas Johnston in Las Vegas at njohnston3@bloomberg.net
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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 08:48:24 pm »

``He's a fantastic spokesman but he has to learn. I'm 60 years old and I still learn every day,'' she said of Obama. ``He should have waited.''

Bill Clinton was even younger than Obama when he ran for President, and was elected.  It just goes to show you that people will fabricate whatever excuse they need to in order to justify not supporting someone.

But the point is, the man is a fantastic spokesman and the polls all show that he would be a stronger general election by far than Hillary Clinton, who has high negatives and is a polarizing figure. 

Once again, the Democrats would seem to be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 10:59:11 pm »

I'm not sure that I want to vote for Hillary and I'm a lifelong Democrat!  She is a Corporatist.  She supported the Bankruptcy Bill, NAFTA, the war in Iraq, the upcoming war with Iran and sat on the Board of Directors of Wal-mart, which, of course, imported all that poison from China.

The only difference between her and a Republican is that she supports women's rights, including the right to choose.  Unfortunately, the right to lifer kooks are better at getting their vote out than normal people.

Put her against McCain, the most likely Republican nominee, and, most likely, she even loses.  It would be nice if this country had the courage to be done with both the Bushes and the Clintons.
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2008, 02:36:59 pm »

With the exception of Ron Paul, thay are all CFR members working for the NWO.

Why in hell can't educated people see that.   Angry

Bunch of Homer Simpsons and Peter Griffins walking into the FEMA Camps is our future.  Angry
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2008, 02:53:10 pm »

Hillary is working for the New World Order, as are all the Republicans.

ALL THE REPUBLICANS!!!
That means Ron Paul, too!

If he has ever taken a dime from a campaign contributor, that means he has been bought and paid for, too.  He simply talks a better game then some of the others.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2008, 02:55:43 pm »

Ron Paul gets campaign contributions from his American constituent supporters.

Nice try there Captain COINTELPRO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Angry
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2008, 03:05:05 pm »

As for the Democrats, time and again, they tend to choose the candidate that caters to the special interests over the idealist who will actually change the world.

JFK and Bobby were the lone exceptions, and look what happened - they shot them!

In 1984, they took Mondale when they should have taken Hart.

In 1988, they got Dukakis when Al Gore would have been the better choice.

(I think that 1992 speaks for itself, given the drip-drip of jobs that left the U.S. after NAFTA)

In 2000, of course the American people actually did choose Gore, but the Supreme Court wouldn't let him win!

In 2004, Howard Dean or John Edwards would have been the better man.

And, in 2008, we'll be screwing up again to take Hillary, who panders better than anyone.

She is not an idealist, she has no intention about bring about real change, she is simply cold, pragmatic, and the best panderer of the bunch.  
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« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2008, 03:09:38 pm »

Ron Paul gets campaign contributions from his American constituent supporters.

Nice try there Captain COINTELPRO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Angry

Wrong.

He takes contributions from anyone who will give them, like anyone.  Big Businessmen, the rich, Pharmaceutical Executives, oil men.  Do you really think they want nothing in return?

As I said, he just talks a better game than most.  Edwards talks a good game, too, but we all know about him! 
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