Romney wins Nevada, second place a contest between Gingrich and Paul

[onehandle]

Mitt Romney has won Nevada's Republican caucuses. Second place is too close to call between Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich. Rick Santorum will finish in fourth place.

Speaking at his victory party at the Red Rocks Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Romney did not mention any of his Republican opponents by name, keeping his remarks focused on President Barack Obama. Romney repeated his vow to repeal the federal health care law, increase job growth and increase military spending.

"This president began his presidency by apologizing for America," Romney said. "He should now be apologizing to America."

Romney addressed Obama directly when he blamed the president for 36 consecutive months of unemployment above 8 percent--"the red line your own administration drew."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/entrance-poll-results-nevada-look-good-mitt-romney-000650988.html

[lonestarnot]

1. So tie the dog to the roof. Pugs. If I were them, I would have just stayed home.

[msongs]

2. big crowd of LDSers in Nevada nt

[MNBrewer]

4. And shit-stain Santorum 4th

Hope this ends his shitty campaign

[SoapBox]

5. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Huh? What?

Oh...

Mittens wins.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Wake me when we get to where Prez O can kick his ass in debates.

[Grassy Knoll]

6. Republicans are becoming Extinct Dinosaur Toys....

That little librul children get to play with in the near future...

[emulatorloo]

7. Not the "apology tour" bullshit again.

[Boombaby]

8. No contest for 2nd

The Grinch is leading Rupaul by 8 points.

[highplainsdem]

9. Real story here: low turnout, Romney getting less than in 2008, Gingrich getting as much support as

Paul and McCain combined in 2008. Oh, and about half of Romney's total vote came from Mormons, who turned out at the GOP caucuses in numbers quadrupling their actual representation in the state.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002269354

Fewer than half the precincts had reported so far, the last time I checked HuffPo's map with real-time data.

But so far it seems that Mitt looks weaker than in 2008 and Gingrich's showing is surprisingly strong.

[erpowers]

11. Thinking Something Similar

I turned on CNN to see the final results and was a surprised that even though Mitt Romney had won he had only received 7,800+votes and that he had only beaten Gingrich by little more than 3,000 votes. I am not a Gingrich fan, but I thought Romney's vote total and vote number margin of victory were small. Romney's percentage win was big, but I was also expecting a much bigger total vote difference.

[Iliyah]

10. Newt is only

showing negs against Mittens to counter Pres O in the national elections b/c its already been done. Gop has a hell of a lot money that we will never know about. You think 100 million, think 4 times or more.

[OnlinePoker]

12. I wish I could figure out photo morphing

Looking at the greying temples of Romney, I started seeing Reid Richards of the Fantastic Four. Then it struck me: Gingrich is The Thing, Ron Paul is the Invisible Girl, and Santorum is The Human Torch. They're the Fanspastic Four. It would make a great picture.

[oberliner]

13. Is it really a "race" for second?

Looks like Newt is solidly second, Ron Paul third.

If the 3 non-Romney candidates would consolidate forces, they might be able to give Mitt a run for his money, so to speak.

[DUIC]

15. Not going to happen

Newt is too arrogant, Ron Paul believes his own spiel, and Santorum is on a mission from God.

[oberliner]

16. Newt and Ricky seem to like each other

You don't see a possibility of them joining forces?

[Javaman]

14. in other news...

the lizard man vows to increase the pressure on mittens by carpet bombing his campaign headquarters.

[McCamy Taylor]

17. Romney got less than half the votes in a mormon state?

I can see why the GOP leadership is less than thrilled with him.

[RockyMtnGuy]

18. Mr RMoney's breaks even in Vegas..

After five years of campaigning and millions of dollars spent, the Mitt-ster's victory earned him just 12,000 votes and yet he still didn't get more than 50% of the votes. The Romney campaign can't be that proud.