Ron Paul excites Nevada GOP with familiar themes
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) -- Republican presidential long-shot Ron Paul energized a loyal following at Nevada's GOP state convention with familiar themes, calling for limited government, limited spending and personal freedoms.
Paul told a cheering crowd he'd cut $1 trillion from the federal budget and that people should have a "God-given right" to keep what they earn.
Paul gave the keynote speech Saturday at the convention, where supporters of the Texas congressman clashed at times with backers of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican nominee.
Romney won Nevada's caucus in February with half of the vote. Under party rules adopted last fall, Romney should get 20 of Nevada's 28 delegates for the national convention. Paul would get eight.
But Paul backers were trying to hold out for a bigger delegate count.
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