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A supporter holds up a sign for Donald Trump during a South Carolina Republican primary night event on Feb. 20, 2016, in Spartanburg, S.C.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Paul Sancya, AP)
In a busy day for politics, Donald<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Trump won<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Republican primary in South Carolina, while Hillary Clinton took the Democratic caucuses in Nevada. Scroll down for Nevada nuggets.
[h=2]Trump wins South Carolina[/h]People (pundits) gave me no chance in South Carolina. Now it looks like a possible win. I would be happy with a one vote victory! (HOPE)
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2016
Trump in his victory speech<span style="color: Red;">*</span>congratulated Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz for doing well.
"We go back to war tomorrow morning," he quipped.
[h=2]Rubio edges out<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cruz for second[/h]With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Marco Rubio had bested<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ted Cruz for second place by 0.15%<span style="color: Red;">*</span>early Sunday morning. The results, while complete, remained unofficial.
[h=2]Jeb! is out![/h]Jeb Bush announces the suspension of his presidential campaign Feb. 20, 2016, in Columbia, South Carolina.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Mark Makela, Getty Images)
It was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the end of the line for the former Florida governor, who appeared to choke up as he told supporters the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina had<span style="color: Red;">*</span>spoken.
"Tonight, I am suspending my campaign," Bush said.
He didn't name Trump<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but implicitly suggested (once more) that voters should not elect the New York businessman.
"I've had a front-row seat to this office for most of my adult life. I've seen fallible men rise up to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>challenges of our time with humility and clarity of purpose to make our nation safer stronger and freer," he said.
"I firmly believe the American people must entrust this office to someone who understands that whoever holds it is a servant, not the master, someone who'll commit to that service with honor and decency."
[h=2]Pizza, anyone?[/h]A Time correspondent captured<span style="color: Red;">*</span>less-than-excited<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jeb Bush supporters as results rolled in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>showing him placing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a distant fourth.
[h=2]#Marcomentum[/h]Senator Marco Rubio at his South Carolina primary night headquarters Feb. 20, 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Erik S. Lesser, EPA)
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who virtually tied Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for second, told supporters South Carolinians had sent a message that the country is ready for a new generation of conservatives.
He went into the primary with the key endorsements of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott.
“After tonight, this has become a 3-person race and we will win the nomination,” he vowed.
[h=2]Ted Cruz: I'm the only one who's beaten Trump[/h]Cruz portrayed his virtual tie with Rubio<span style="color: Red;">*</span>another better-than-expected performance.
"Despite the entirety of the political establishment coming against us, South Carolina has given us another remarkable result," he said.
Cruz said that together, Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina showed three things:
• "Conservatives continue to unite behind our campaign."
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span> "We are the only campaign that has beaten and can beat Donald Trump."
•<span style="color: Red;">*</span> "One candidate remaining has a consistent conservative record."
[h=2]Oh Kasich, where art thou?[/h]Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks to a full auditorium at Colchester High School on Saturday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: APRIL BURBANK/FREE PRESS)
The Last Governor Standing was up north<span style="color: Red;">*</span>while the primary unfolded<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>South Carolina. April Burbank of the Burlington Free Press <span style="color: Red;">*</span>caught up with him:
Kasich visited Vermont on a Saturday swing through New England rather than campaigning in South Carolina on the day of the Republican primary there.[h=2]Trump was on Twitter...[/h]The real estate mogul Twittered<span style="color: Red;">*</span>much of the day, attacking...
"We did everything we could do down there, and I felt very comfortable leaving," Kasich said of South Carolina.
Marco Rubio
Remember that Marco Rubio is very weak on illegal immigration. South Carolina needs strength as illegals and Syrians pour in. Don't allow it
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2016
Ted Cruz
All his fellow Republican candidates
I am the only candidate (in many years) who is self-funding his campaign. Lobbyists and $ interests totally control all other candidates!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2016
Oh, and President Obama
I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2016
No pope attacks yet, but there's always tomorrow...
[h=2]Back in Nevada, it was a Clinton victory[/h]The Associated Press called the race for the former secretary of State shortly after 5 p.m. Eastern.
Clinton quickly sent out a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>personally signed tweet:
To everyone who turned out in every corner of Nevada with determination and heart: This is your win. Thank you. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 20, 2016
Sanders called Clinton to congratulate her, while his campaign issued a statement highlighting how close the results were.
"I am very proud of the campaign we ran," he said in a statement.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind and we ended up in a very close election. And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates.”
[h=2]She even won a card draw<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]The Wall Street Journal's Reid Epstein reported<span style="color: Red;">*</span>she won with an ace of clubs:
Our own Seth A. Richardson of the Reno Gazette-Journal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wrote a great explainer about the tie-breaker draws, done with a fresh deck of cards shuffled seven times. No, really.
[h=2]Problems reported in Reno[/h]There were all manner of caucus issues, from a shortage of ballots to computer glitches,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mark Robison of the Reno Gazette-Journalreports:
Democratic caucus-goers in Northern Nevada are reporting a wide range of problems from long lines and cards not being counted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to being turned away and too few paper ballots.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Northern Nevada had been crucial for Sanders to win.
[h=2]Sanders supporter tried<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to place Hillary obit<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]A man driving a Toyota Prius bearing Bernie Sanders stickers was reported to the Secret Service after the stunt at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the newspaper reports:
The man, who identified himself as Don Schubert, was asked to leave the newspaper building's lobby after he filled out a standard obituary form identifying the deceased as Hillary Rodham Clinton, and listing her date of death as Feb. 20, 2016, the date of Saturday's Democratic Party presidential caucuses.Schubert, reached by the Review-Journal Friday night, said it was done in the spirit of “political humor” and that a Secret Service agent told him he would not be arrested.
USA TODAY
Sanders, Clinton duke it out in Nevada where her big lead has dwindled
[h=2]Oops. Social media analysis had predicted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>big Sanders win[/h]Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) greets workers at the MGM Grand Casino Feb. 20, 2016, in Las Vegas.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images)
A company called Cision analyzed social media during the past week —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a lot of it — and had<span style="color: Red;">*</span>projected that Bernie Sanders would beat Hillary Clinton in Nevada 53%-47%.
That was the result based on 4.4 million social media mentions for each, including on Twitter, YouTube, online forum comments and Facebook fan page mentions.
Now, however, with a majority precincts reporting, that margin was spot-on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— but it's for Clinton.
Also, earlier Saturday on Facebook,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>chatter on the site favored Sanders between 12 a.m. and noon Saturday by a yuuuge margin: 69%-31%. Of course, one could argue his supporters, who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>have skewed younger than hers, would have been more likely be on Facebook after midnight.
Cision correctly predicted victories for Sanders and Donald Trump in New Hampshire using a similar analysis, but those races were not as close in the polls.
The company had also made predictions on today’s Republican primary in South Carolina, based on 9 million mentions: Donald Trump 40%, Ted Cruz 20%, Jeb Bush 14%, Marco Rubio 13%, John Kasich 8%, and Ben Carson 5%. Hmm. Time for new algorithms, it seems.
[h=2]Did Will Ferrell flip to Hillary?[/h]The Clinton campaign tweeted out a video Saturday showing the comedian urging Nevadans to caucus for Hillary (and praising some chocolate custard). According to Variety, he had been listed as a supporter of Bernie Sanders on his campaign web site. In any case, he's no longer listed.
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