I'm concerned with what I see, and it seems as if 3rd is almost a lock for us, not 2nd.
Although the actual vote totals are small in the early counties, Newt Gingrich appears to be a strong '2nd place poller' than McCain was in 2008.
Churchill, Perching, Eureka, and Mineral counties all show Newt doing better than McCain did/ In Churchill and Pershing Paul actually got fewer votes than in 2008, how is that even possible? These two small counties might be the first proof ever of a 'former Ron Paul supporter'.
Granted, there will be single firehouses in Clark county with more voters than some of these entire counties, but still I think it's telling how Gingrich the slime is using his arrogance to pull in votes.
Newt can;t possibly beat Obama, even Newt knows that. Yet because he talks tough and acts confident (blindly confident) he does better than us because we talk about 'a movement' and 'a message' and 'having a delegate impact for the convention'.
Paul should have left that 2008 talk back in 2008. He's shooting himself, and us donors, in the foot.