NV CAUCUS-GOERS: Please post your observations / live results in this thread!

[FSP-Rebel]

What % is reporting thus far?

 

[FreeTraveler]

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. --H. L. Mencken

Of course they are, otherwise they would have elected much better people already. You think these politicians just appear from nowhere? These are the people that the public winnowed down.

George Carlin explains it best:

Actually, no, he doesn't. He left out seven political hurdles that make politicians wildly different from the average citizen. Don't kid yourself that they're just a random sampling, like George pretended.

The Tireless Agorist: George Carlin - Wrong About Politicians - They're not just your average Joe.
http://tirelessagorist.blogspot.com/2012/02/george-carlin-wrong-about-politicians.html

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Maybe John Gault can comment on this "Special Caucus" with all of his insider knowledge and years of "doing" Nevada politics for those us who don't know what the hell is going on or why this is even taking place.

 

[flynn]

OK, so delegates are pledged to support a particular person on the first ballot - is that right? And on subsequent ballots, they're released? So it matters if there's no winner on the first ballot?

What determines how many delegates a particular precinct receives? Pure population?

Some states are awarded the delegates proportionally. Some states like florida is winner takes all. Yes, for the caucus states, it is a pledge by the volunteers, so the supporters are more important than actual winning the popular votes. IF no candidate is winning majority outright, I think the brokered convention will be hosted in which time all the delegates from the candidates who drop out become 'unbound.'

 

[pauliticalfan]

Washoe County about to come in. We came in third in 2008 by about 100 votes. We can afford to be down there a couple hundred votes, so I'll try to remain calm when they come in.

 

[RPit]

Washoe County about to come in. We came in third in 2008 by about 100 votes. We can afford to be down there a couple hundred votes, so I'll try to remain calm when they come in.

And we come in 2nd

*fingers crossed*

 

[puppetmaster]

demographics in four precincts that I saw ....all old people....I mean really old (walkers and such). I told my son to look at who is deciding your future......

we had 400 plus registered republicans and less that forty showed up.

 

[KingNothing]

What % is reporting thus far?

If I had to guess, I'd say that about 15-percent of the votes are in.

 

[sailingaway]

Maybe John Gault can comment on this "Special Caucus" with all of his insider knowledge and years of "doing" Nevada politics for those us who don't know what the hell is going on or why this is even taking place.

Gingrich's billionaire backer who also happens to be Jewish said saturday caucus unfair to Jews - true, but should have been said last time they had it, or earlier, or not at all, not a couple weeks before event. They did open it to seventh day adventist, but it is held at a school named after Newt's billionaire lobbyist backer. By me, that's not Kosher.

 

[pauliticalfan]

And we come in 2nd

*fingers crossed*

Just a heads up, these were the large precincts that Gingrich was doing quite well in. Reports say that Newt did better than us in Washoe, but we did better than him in Clark, so it should offset.

 

[Edu]

Revolution PAC, backer of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will kick off a week of critical contests Saturday with its third live election results show. The webcast, held in conjunction with the Nevada Caucuses, will begin at 6:00 p.m. CST and conclude following the announcement of the Clark County results, which is expected sometime after 9:30 p.m. CST.

http://www.revolutionpac.com/

Good, if it works then I can switch off the CNN brainwash channel !

They need to turn the video feed on now so we can get set up and make sure it works.

 

[KingNothing]

demographics in four precincts that I saw ....all old people....I mean really old (walkers and such). I told my son to look at who is deciding your future......

we had 400 plus registered republicans and less that forty showed up.

Isn't that about the standard in caucus states? Roughly 10-percent of registered Republicans traditionally show up to caucus. I think that is generally a useful rule of thumb, but I could be way off.

 

[sailingaway]

And we come in 2nd

*fingers crossed*

on twitter they said Newt did better in washoe, Ron did better in Clark. But Newt's special caucus will be in Clark, his folks might just be planning to dominate that.

 

[Ron Paul + YouTube= Free]

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[Student Of Paulism]

Gingrich's billionaire backer who also happens to be Jewish said saturday caucus unfair to Jews - true, but should have been said last time they had it, or earlier, or not at all, not a couple weeks before event. They did open it to seventh day adventist, but it is held at a school named after Newt's billionaire lobbyist backer. By me, that's not Kosher.

Seriousy, does this Adelson guy own the whole state or what? Casinos, schools named after him, im suprised he doesnt have his own candy bars too.

 

[RPit]

on twitter they said Newt did better in washoe, Ron did better in Clark. But Newt's special caucus will be in Clark, his folks might just be planning to dominate that.

And since the special caucus is late, if they know the results and we are ahead they are then more than likely to go caucus and try to pull it off. This is so not right. DAmn..

 

[sailingaway]

FJA4 jimmy
Precinct 6530. #NVcaucus Mitt 9, #ronpaul 8, Newt 4, Rick 1 Most delegates were Paul

 

[FSP-Rebel]

Gingrich's billionaire backer who also happens to be Jewish said saturday caucus unfair to Jews - true, but should have been said last time they had it, or earlier, or not at all, not a couple weeks before event. They did open it to seventh day adventist, but it is held at a school named after Newt's billionaire lobbyist backer. By me, that's not Kosher.

That's baloney. I'm Catholic and I'd vote on Ash Wed or Good Fri or when-the-hell ever.

 

[nano1895]

took a break because i was too anxious, how are we doing?

 

[UK4Paul]

Revolution PAC, backer of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will kick off a week of critical contests Saturday with its third live election results show. The webcast, held in conjunction with the Nevada Caucuses, will begin at 6:00 p.m. CST and conclude following the announcement of the Clark County results, which is expected sometime after 9:30 p.m. CST.

http://www.revolutionpac.com/

Good, if it works then I can switch off the CNN brainwash channel !

They need to turn the video feed on now so we can get set up and make sure it works.

^^^ Thanks for the heads up.

Finally, something decent to watch