With his second place finish in Saturday’s Nevada caucus, where Paul defeated Giuliani in every county in the state, the Texas congressman has now received 106,414 votes to 60,220 for Giuliani. ~The Politico
The Politico claim that neither Paul nor Giuliani has collected any “actual delegates” appears to be inaccurate, at least for Paul. According to CNN, Paul has received four pledged delegates from Nevada and two from Iowa. From the same source, it appears that Giuliani has received one pledged delegate from Nevada.
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January 23rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
MuteNostrilAgony
That’s probably true. New York Newsday also reported last Sunday that Giuliani won his first delegate in Nevada.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
DaveA
Hello, Daniel. Long time reader, first time commenter, etc. FWIW Paul also appears to have take at least 3rd in the Louisiana caucuses held yesterday:
http://www.lagop.com/
He might do better once the provisional ballots (cast by people who weren’t on the official GOP rolls but may have registered before the deadline to participate in the voting) are counted.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 pm
gabriel
In an exceedingly technical sense, the Politico is correct- neither Nevada nor Iowa has yet selected its delegates to the National Convention. However, it is highly misleading, since Paul’s support in the Caucuses essentially guarantees those delegates in the course of time.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:30 am
ZW
It’s worth noting that delegate counts vary widely by source. I’ve summarized at least five methods (and scorecards) here: http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2008/01/the_gop_blackbo_1.html
CNN has a unique counting method, made more curious by the fact they aren’t counting any delegates from Michigan.