Posted on 02/04/2012 7:45:11 PM PST by Steelfish
Mitt Romney Wins Overwhelming Victory In Nevada Caucuses
Dan Balz February 4
LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney won an overwhelming victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, giving the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive victory of the year as he tightened his claim to dominant front-runner status in what had been a turbulent Republican presidential race.
After his easy victory in Florida last Tuesday, Romney’s big win in Nevada, where he also won four years ago, will provide additional momentum heading to Tuesday’s caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and set him up for more significant primaries in Michigan and Arizona at the end of the month. The outcome will increase pressure on his rivals to demonstrate how and where they plan to stop him, if they can.
Romney was far ahead of his closest rivals. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) were battling for second place. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was running fourth. Turnout was far below the primaries in Florida, South Carolina or New Hampshire and less than in Iowa’s caucuses.
As Romney celebrated his third victory in five contests, his rivals vowed to continue fighting. But the upcoming calendar provides those chasing Romney with significant few opportunities for victory in coming weeks. Gingrich and Santorum each would like to take on Romney without the other draining off conservative votes but neither has shown any interest in bowing to the other. Paul demonstrated again in Nevada that he can do well in caucus states with limited turnout but has yet to show real strength in a big state.
The first weeks of the Republican race have played out at the pace of a sprint. But the primary-caucus calendar slows to a walk in February, before resuming with a flurry of contests on March 6, this...
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Yes, our little Republican primary voters are so uninformed that all they know is who’s turn it is.
And I have a sneaking suspicion that in 2016, these little Republican primary voters will determine for us that it is Jebbie’s turn!
It should rightfully be a 6 delegate separation right now.
-PJ
It has been pointed out that we would be saddled with 4 years of Socialism with Obamney, or 8 years of socialism with Rombamney.
I will never, never, NOT EVER vote for Willard.
Does Nevada use open ballots? If so, big deal. So a bunch of Democrats decide they want their man to fight Romney, not Gingrich, and they come to the caucus and vote a few times.
Exactly right.
That is why the establishment types can repeatedly push a Romney type on us. Becuase we will have to vote for who they tell else to or else.
When I decided to enter local politics, my father warned me in an ominous tone that "Son, they will corrupt you!" Well, fortunately, before he passed on, I proved to him that I was NOT a politician as they get re-elected!!!
Therefore, I have not encountered any clergy proferring the bunk you were learning of. Although I don't strongly support any current Repub candidate I certainly won't vote for any current Democrat I can think of!!!
I never voted for Pete Wilson or Arnold Schwartzenegger for Governor, either!!! And even if I actually ever knew any clergy, I certainly wouldn't go to any of them for any kind of political advice whatsoever!!!
I've seen too many cases of people being horribly mislead by both politicians and clergy!!!
You and I agree on most things, but reality proves that most rinos are better than liberals like Moonbeam, Davis and Obozo.
Arnold vetoed hundreds of left wing bills that would have bankrupted the state even faster and made us into a bankrupt gay rainbow haven.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/schwarzenegger-has-been-most-v.html
This year - Schwarzenegger’s last as governor - he rejected 28.77 percent of the 1,029 regular session bills that reached his desk. He set the record for vetoes in 2008 by rejecting 35.17 percent of bills passed by the Legislature.
Schwarzenegger has the three highest veto percentages of any recent governor while one of the candidates to succeed him, Democrat Jerry Brown has the three lowest veto ratios, including his last year as governor in 1982, when he rejected just 1.79 percent of bills.
If Davis had stayed as our governor, California would have made the bankrupt Eurotrash countries look like financial genius when compared to California.
Has Moonbeam vetoed anything yet in his latest raping/mugging of California citizens?
Yes, dude. I get the difference. I abbreviated “healthcare insurance” with “healthcare”.
I don’t personally believe the government has business under the Constitution for either (buy either product on the open market if you want it), save for a national security interest in staving off epidemics, perhaps. The States have a greater claim to the issue, should they choose.
I don’t go to doctors and plan on leaving this body someday-how about you?
Inconvenient truth; both Romney wins are a result of very low voter turnouts. Conversely, SC was a very high turnout.
What was the difference...........
Romney won only 1/2 of 28 delegates with 25% fewer people attending the caucuses & with 28% FEWER votes than he got in Nevada in 2008.
Hardly a mandate, especially in a state what is predominately Mormon.
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