Nevada / South Carolina Live Wire

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** Dems: Obama, Clinton run strong early on...Clinton leading Clark County with 9% in....

....Romney looks "forward" to Florida...will run on "economy"....has 3 golds and 2 silvers and the delegate lead...all his wins come with delegates. AND a *but*....and McCain campaign sends around video of NBC's O'Donnell calling Romney's win "in name only"..... (She is wrong: Romney wins delegates. How's that "in name only," NBC?)

** Edwards campaign says that a supporter went to a caucus at Charles Silvesti Middle School...and is told outside that Edwards isn't viable.
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Obama's manager sends out memo lowering expectations...says Clinton campaign has engaged in "systematic effort" to discredit the caucuses...

Our hope is that today’s caucus comes off without a hitch and as many people as possible participate, however we remain concerned that the tactics of the Clinton Campaign and their allies in recent days have confused voters and could lower participation.

** Bill Clinton alleges voter intimidation. Per an ABC pool report:

Well, we were worried about people, even more people, being prevented from voting if they were voting for Hillary. Because yesterday Chelsea and I were going through one of the hotels here someone was going behind us saying if you vote for Hillary we are going to give you a job assignment that keeps you from going to the caucus. And haven’t sent tactics like that in decades.

** Thompson: future depends on SC results.


Huge turnout...ballots running out on the strip...