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Feb. 14, 2008
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Nevada GOP leaders back McCain

By MOLLY BALL
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The three Nevada Republican leaders who are automatic delegates to the Republican National Convention conferred Wednesday and agreed to announce their support for likely presidential nominee John McCain.

Nevada GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden and Republican National Committee members Joe Brown and Beverly Willard held a teleconference, where they discussed their desire to unite the party around its near-certain standard-bearer, according to the party's executive director, Zac Moyle.

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    • The idea is to rally the Republican faithful around the Arizona senator, even though the majority of Republicans who attended Nevada's Jan. 19 caucuses supported Mitt Romney.

    "They hope the other delegates will come along and join them," Moyle said.

    The party plans to announce the move today.

    Romney was more or less the only candidate to make a serious play for Nevada and attracted a devoted following here, especially among fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He dropped out last week after winning a few Super Tuesday states but severely lagging behind McCain in the delegate count.

    Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who totally ignored Nevada, remains in the race although it is mathematically impossible for him to win enough delegates to secure the nomination.

    Although he is a fellow Westerner, a lack of campaign cash led McCain to mostly forgo the Nevada contest.

    Republican caucus-goers selected delegates who were not bound to a candidate, then held a vote to gauge candidates' support in the state. Romney took 51 percent; Texas Rep. Ron Paul was second with 13 percent and McCain a close third, less than 200 votes behind Paul.

    Of the 44,000 Republican caucus-goers, 5,610 voted for McCain.

    Nevada will be sending 34 delegates to the September convention in St. Paul, Minn. Other than the three automatic delegates, the rest are elected at the state Republican convention, scheduled for April 26 in Reno.

    Contact reporter Molly Ball at mball@reviewjournal.com or (702) 387-2919.



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    Jerry Mac wrote on February 15, 2008 09:48 AM: To be blinded by allegiances to these two political regimes – the Republicans and Democrats – has done and will do nothing but tear this country apart. These political imbeciles want nothing want power through propaganda and at the expense of our freedoms and security.

    It is time that we stand up and look for a clearing in the forest.


    tm wrote on February 14, 2008 02:38 PM: mccain is nothing but a war mongrel and he going to give all illegal imagrants citizenship hes nuts, nuts.tm


    tm wrote on February 14, 2008 02:31 PM: mccaim is nothing but war mongrel? tm


    Herb wrote on February 14, 2008 12:22 PM: I am a delegate to the county Republican convention. I wanted to support Mitt Romney. But now that liberal John McCain is the nominee I have lost all interest in this election. I will not vote for McCain and I don't want to attend a convention where we are told to support McCain.

    My question is do I call the state Republican party and tell them I no longer want to be a delegate or do I just not register or show up at the Orleans?


    TJ wrote on February 14, 2008 07:18 AM: The caucus is a process that is non binding i.e. your vote is worthless. Add this to the superdelegate methodology and you have the usual party hacks selecting your candidate for you. A national presidential primary is in order.


    Clay Season wrote on February 14, 2008 06:52 AM: Molly Ball states that Romney was the only candidate to make serious play for Nevada??? Ron Paul spent a serious amount of time and money campaigning in Nevada. And he was rewarded with a second place showing... AHEAD of the country's curent front runner, McCain. Paul held a rally on the campus of UNLV attracting 5 times the number at Romney's rally.

    I am a delegate for the Republican Party County Convention. I am sick to death of status quo politicians like John McCain and status quo media reporting like Molly Ball's.

    None of the other Ron Paul delegates that I am aware of have any intentions of throwing their support behind John McCain. We believe in the Conservative principles of our Founders. The media can praise McCain all they want but all the Conservatives I know would never support McCain because of his McCain/Feingold's attack on the 1st A, Bush/McCain/Kennedy Immigration Bill, McCain/Lieberman legislation empowering Congress to comprehensively regulate U.S. industries’ emissions of greenhouse gases, the McCain/Kennedy/Edwards patients’ bill of rights and his “Gang of 14″.

    Molly Ball should show a little respect for the voters of NV, after all, the RJ is a LOCAL paper. It should relect to some degree local preferences. The people of NV placed Paul ahead of McCain. When the national media ignores Paul's efforts, it's one thing. But a local reporter should report LOCAL news. Paul and his supporters did indeed make a "serious play" for the votes of NV. Some of that time and money was mine. And I took it very seriously.


    Steve wrote on February 14, 2008 04:58 AM: McCain is too extreme liberal and too untrustworthy to ever be President. His nomination will guarantee a Democrat in the White House.