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Romney's Nevada Win Had Little To Do With Donald Trump
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Christopher Robbins
Published Feb 5, 2012
Modified Feb 5, 2012
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As expected, Mitt Romney soundly beat Newt Gingrich in the Nevada caucuses yesterday, no thanks to Donald Trump, who endorsed the candidate on Thursday. According to an extremely scientific poll of Nevada Facebook users, just 9.6% thought it had a positive affect on Romney, 41.4% voted "negative," and 49% voted "neither." In other equally important polling news, Rasmussen finds that Santorum beats Obama if you sample 12% of the electorate, and a certain cat has outsourced his way to impending victory.
Those (read: Republicans with money who want to beat Obama) looking for a speedy ending to the primary season after yesterday's results will be disappointed: Gingrich and Santorum have vowed to continue through Super Tuesday, and Ron Paul has teased that he may run as an independent or spoil the convention with a potentially distracting presence.
No word on whether Gingrich's camp will contest yesterday's results due to the amount of "spies" infiltrating the caucuses.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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