Saturday, January 19, 2008

Obama Wins Nevada.

MSNBC.

Mark Elrod.

CNN.

Daily Kos.

New York Times:

With 98 percent of the precincts reporting on Saturday evening, Mrs. Clinton had 51 percent of the vote to 45 percent for Mr. Obama. Mr. Edwards had 4 percent, a surprisingly poor showing given the attention he had devoted to Nevada. But the delegate count under the intricate rules of the caucuses appeared to favor Mr. Obama because of his support from a wide swath of the state, giving him 13 delegates compared with 12 for Mrs. Clinton.

There was no call of congratulations to Mrs. Clinton from Mr. Obama, who flew out of Nevada as the caucuses were convening. In a statement, Mr. Obama did not acknowledge defeat and noted that he had received one more delegate in Nevada than Mrs. Clinton because of a strong performance in precincts outside Las Vegas.

“We came from over 25 points behind to win more national convention delegates than Hillary Clinton,” said Mr. Obama, of Illinois, “because we performed well all across the state, including rural areas where Democrats have traditionally struggled.”

Strategists from both campaigns, as well as the Nevada Democratic Party, were poring over the returns several hours after the caucuses concluded. If the Democratic presidential race becomes a bare-knuckle fight to the nominating convention in August, the extra delegate for Mr. Obama could prove as important to him as the momentum that Mrs. Clinton might receive from winning the most votes in the state.

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