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Ari Melber / The Nation:
OBAMA WINS MOST NEVADA DELEGATES... Barack Obama may have won the most delegates in Saturday's Nevada Caucus, even though Hillary Clinton bested his statewide turnout by about six points. — A source with knowledge of the Nevada Democratic Party's projections told The Nation that under …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Delegate Math: Who Won Nevada? — UPDATE, 8:15 p.m: Both the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party and a senior adviser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign are insisting that the contention that Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) won more delegates in today's caucus is incorrect.
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New York Times:
Clinton Defeats Obama in Nevada Vote — LAS VEGAS - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, capturing strong support from women voters and adding a fresh boost of momentum to her campaign as the Democratic presidential race heads to South Carolina …
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Manager Accuses Clintons of Widespread Dirty Politics — David Plouffe, in a succinct statement appended to a released quotation from his boss, Barack Obama, said the Obama campaign was investigating more than 200 reporters of irregularities in Nevada.
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
Leading Democrats To Bill Clinton: Pipe Down — Footing the Bill: Is the former president hurting his wife's campaign? — Prominent Democrats are upset with the aggressive role that Bill Clinton is playing in the 2008 campaign, a role they believe is inappropriate for a former president and the titular head of the Democratic Party.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bill claims he witnessed voter suppression — Bill Clinton, speaking at a Vegas YMCA last night, made more charges against Obama and claimed to have, with Chelsea, personally witnessed voter suppression by the Culinary Workers: … (The transcript was provided by one source with a recording of the event, and confirmed by another.)
Ben Smith / The Politico:
What happens in Vegas ... The Obama campaign has released a recording (mp3) it says came from a Nevadan's answering machine of an anonymous robocall that criticizes Obama for taking money from special interests while repeating, four times, his rarely used middle name: “Hussein.”
John Dickerson / Slate:
A CLINTON WIN IN NEVADA ENDS ON AN UGLY NOTE. — Hillary Clinton has won the Nevada caucus, which means a few things about the Democratic race are now coming into focus. For example, mark on your calendar Jan. 25 for an outburst by Bill Clinton somewhere in South Carolina.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Obama Campaign: We Won Nevada Caucus — Based On Delegate Count — On a conference call with reporters just now, Obama top adviser David Plouffe made a surprising claim: He said Barack Obama actually won more federal nominating delegates out of the caucus, despite their six-point loss to Hillary.
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:Hillary's OK Day — Hillary Clinton will gladly take her win today in Nevada.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:Nevada tussle signals rancor for Dems
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CBS News:Hillary Clinton Wins Nevada Dem Caucuses
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Michelle Malkin:
The end of Mike Huckabee — Liveblogging... He's taking the stage at his Columbia HQ. Huckabee says he just called McCain to congratulate him and thank him for a “civil,” “decent” campaign. — Huckabee slyly attacks Romney by praising himself and McCain for campaigning with “honor” instead of attacking someone else.
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CNN:
Fred Thompson stays in GOP presidential race — (CNN) — After a weak showing in the South Carolina primary, Fred Thompson gave a wistful speech to supporters, telling them “we'll always stand strong together." — Thompson had staked his campaign on a strong finish in the Republican primary here.
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Associated Press:
McCain defeats Huckabee in S.C. — Economy, immigration top voters concerns in key GOP primary — Republican presidential hopeful Arizona Senator John McCain walks to his bus after meeting voters in South Carolina on Saturday. — McCain wins South Carolina
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Redstate:
Not with a bang, but a whimper — So long, Fred; we hardly even knew ye. — Well, that's not entirely accurate — we knew you far better than we've known many a politician who's thrown his hat in the Presidential ring in years past (or even this year; see “Hunter, Duncan” or “Gravel, Mike” for examples).
Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:McCain, Huckabee Battle for First in S.C. Primary
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CNN:
Hunter exits presidential race — NEW YORK (CNN) — Rep. Duncan Hunter has abandoned his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the California congressman said in a statement released Saturday evening. — “Today we end this campaign,” said Hunter, according to an advance copy …
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Michael D. Shear / The Trail:Duncan Hunter Leaves GOP Field
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
McMentum vs Huckmentum — Re Mark Levin et al's points below: — A McCain victory in SC has to be good news for Giuliani because the narrative becomes “Stop McCain!” and Rudy's best poised to do that - not just because his numbers in Florida haven't yet collapsed to the same undetectable levels …
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Brian Eckhouse / Las vegas sun Blogs:
Culinary can't face the news — It looks like the Culinary Union's endorsement couldn't carry Barack Obama to victory in Nevada, who lost most of the at-large caucuses on the Strip to Hillary Clinton. — So it's no surprise that the Culinary Union apparently couldn't watch the results on today's caucuses on the news channels.
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The Corner:
This Race — The problem for the Republicans in this race is that none of them have received a majority of the vote. The winner gets about one-third of the vote, and is declared the big winner (usually said to have momentum, or what have you). Yes, he wins a plurality.
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