Ron Paul places 2nd in Nevada, 5th in S.C.

The Ron Paul campaign is celebrating the silver medal in the Nevada caucuses. With all precincts reporting, Ron Paul garnered 14 percent of the vote and earning 4 delegates. While most of you will point out that Mitt Romney won the caucuses with 51 percent, the importance is that Paul actually took second place.

This means he barely beat out McCain and even Huckabee, Thompson, and Giuliani. I really doubt we should concede the point that only Romney and Paul campaigned in Nevada and that's why Paul got higher numbers. McCain, Huckabee, Thompson, and Giuliani relied on name-recognition but that did not work.

* * * * *

In South Carolina, Ron Paul did not do well. He placed fifth with four percent (about 15,773 votes). But he did beat Giuliani again (he got 2 percent, 9,112 votes). Of course, the evangelicals would side with Huckabee, but it seems McCain still got a nice percentage from them. Plus more moderates picked McCain. Based on electability, most folks believe McCain can beat the Democrats in November.

* * * * *

We are still in there to keep the message of Ron Paul alive. Remember the money bomb on January 21 (MLK)!!!