memeorandum: A Jarring Statistic in Romney's Nevada Victory (The Campaign Spot)

6:10 PM ET, January 19, 2008

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Hillary Clinton Wins Nevada Dem Caucuses — CBS News Projects That Hillary Clinton And Mitt Romney Will Win The Nevada Caucuses — (CBS/AP) CBS News estimates that Sen. Hillary Clinton will win the Nevada Democratic caucuses. — CBS News also estimates that former Massachusetts …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs, The Daily Dish, Salon, Captain's Quarters, Hot Air, Crooks and Liars, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Donklephant, The Democratic Daily, Associated Press, Pollster.com, The Heretik and TPM Election Central

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 …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and The Seminal

Associated Press:

Mormons key for Romney in Nevada — Women and older voters helped Hillary Clinton while blacks overwhelmingly backed Barack Obama in initial preference for Nevada's Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday, a preliminary survey found. In the state's Republican caucuses …

Discussion: Transterrestrial Musings, THE LIBERAL JOURNAL, HorsesAss.Org and Taegan Goddard's …

You Decide 08!:

MITT ROMNEY WINS NEVADA GOP CAUCUSES, SCORING BACK-TO-BACK VICTORIES — Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses Saturday, scoring dramatic back-to-back victories in the race for the nomination. — Early returns showed him taking 43 percent in the state, followed by John McCain with 16 percent …

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Gateway Pundit, Tammy Bruce and DownWithTyranny!

Marc Ambinder:
Election Wire.... CLINTON WINS NV.... Romney Wins, Too

Discussion: MyDD

Bill Nichols / The Politico:
Clinton and Romney win Nevada

Discussion: The Swamp, Stumper and The Carpetbagger Report

Washington Post:
When Attacked, Obama's Now Hitting Back

Discussion: The Hill, Stumper, the talking dog, Liberal Values and New York Times

Associated Press:
Romney gets Mormon vote in Nevada caucuses

Discussion: Newsweek and Donklephant

CNN:
Clinton, Romney projected winners in Nevada

Discussion: protein wisdom, The Moderate Voice, You Decide 08!, Middle Earth Journal, Open Left, The Nation, Firedoglake and QandO

New York Times:
Romney Easily Wins G.O.P. Race

Discussion: The New Republic and Slog

CNN:

McCain looking to extend South Carolina poll hours — CONWAY, South Carolina (CNN) - A top backer for John McCain's presidential bid tells CNN the Arizona senator's campaign is seeking a court order to extend voting in Horry County by one hour, after learning voting machines in this eastern part …

Discussion: The State, The Corner, TPM Election Central, TIME, Hotline On Call, Riehl World View, race42008.com and Daily Dose

Zogby:

Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Polls: - Dead Heat for GOP in South Carolina! - Clinton Holds Lead in Nevada — • Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Polls: — Dead Heat for GOP in South Carolina! — Clinton Holds Lead in Nevada... [ read on ] (1/19/08) — Zogby News Releases — Zogby News RSS Feed

Discussion: michellemalkin.com, Pajamas Media, Comments from Left Field, Hot Air and Macsmind

Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:

Thompson plans to go on to Florida — COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fred Thompson, trailing Mike Huckabee and John McCain in the polls, may continue his presidential bid even if he finishes third in today's South Carolina primary, his campaign said. — Thompson had talked of South Carolina as his last stand.

Discussion: Hot Air, Transterrestrial Musings, About.com US Conservative …, Wake up America and New York Times

Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:

Fred gets wistful, hints at departure — Fred Thompson made it clear at a midday campaign stop that he won't continue in the race without a strong showing out of South Carolina tonight. — “We'll see how we have to do, we'll see what the results are,” Thompson said, when questioned …

Discussion: Sister Toldjah

CNN:
Low turnout reported in South Carolina

Discussion: Associated Press, BitsBlog and PoliGazette

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.)

Discussion: TPM Election Central, Captain's Quarters, Rolling Stone, protein wisdom, Political Radar, The RBC, Taylor Marsh, Donklephant, PoliGazette, Sister Toldjah, Cliff Schecter, Spin Cycle and Comments from Left Field

Chicago Sun Times:

Sun-Times Exclusive: Obama surfaces in Rekzo's federal corruption case — Source confirmed Obama is the unnamed “political candidate” referred to in document which outlines case against Rezko — For the first time, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surfaced in the federal corrupton case …

Discussion: TalkLeft, TIME, MSNBC, The Page and Suburban Guerrilla

John Gideon / The BRAD BLOG:

E-Voting Train Wreck 2008: The Horry County, SC Disaster — ES&S iVotronic Touch-Screens Fail In 100% of the County's Precincts, Voters Reportedly Being Turned Away Without Being Able to Cast a Vote — Virus-Vulnerable Voting Machines Had Been Sent Home with Pollworkers on ‘Sleepovers’ Prior to Today's Republican Primary...

Discussion: TIME: Swampland and Brilliant at Breakfast

CNN:
South Carolina primary plagued by bad voting machines, snow

Discussion: The Corner, Pam's House Blend and The Amboy Times

Roddie A. Burris / The State:
Wintry weather adds wrinkle at 11th hour

Discussion: protein wisdom, GregsOpinion.com, Los Angeles Times, Comments from Left Field, The Caucus, TIME: Swampland, TownHall Blog, Blue Crab Boulevard and Hotline On Call

Ben Smith / The Politico:

Robocall trashes ‘Barack Hussein Obama’ — 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.”

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Matthew Yglesias, MoJoBlog and MSNBC

The Campaign Spot:

A Jarring Statistic in Romney's Nevada Victory — I don't think the Mormon card is a legitimate card to play against Mitt Romney. Love him or hate him, there are plenty of reasons to vote for or against the man besides his religion. — But if the entrance polls are accurate …

Discussion: Commentary, MSNBC and Eunomia

Jill Miller Zimon / The Moderate Voice:

Update: Canada removes U.S., Israel from potential torturer/abuser list — Major hattip to TMV co-blogger, Holly in Cincinnati/Holly Robinson for the heads up that someone's persuaded Canada that the U.S. and Israel are not countries that might potentially torture or abuse prisoners.

Discussion: New York Times

Haaretz:
Canada takes close allies U.S., Israel off torture watchlist

Discussion: The Newshoggers, Wake up America, At-Largely and The Moderate Voice

Andy McCarthy / The Corner:

Hillary's Nevada Win and an Uncomfy Identity Politics Question — I'm not one of those enthralled by the Frank Luntz focus groups, but I did happen to catch the Democrat one two debates ago — or maybe it was the last primary, I'm not sure. But I recall one of the Hispanic members …

Las vegas sun Blogs:

Obama wins second site on Strip—but Clinton carries it — Hillary Clinton has carried six of the nine at-large casino sites on the Strip, despite the influence of the Culinary Union. Clinton has carried at sites in the Flamingo, the Rio, Paris Las Vegas, New York New York, the Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo and The RBC