CARSON CITY, Nevada - February 4, 2012 - Mitt Romney scored his most decisive win to date in the Nevada Republican caucus tonight, winning the race by more than 15% and leaving Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) to battle for second place again, with Rick Santorum again a distant fourth.

But despite Paul’s expectation that the caucus format would benefit his campaign, Paul looked to place a significant distance behind Gingrich.

Romney took the stage just before 10:40 ET, introduced again by his wife, Ann, to thank supporters and slam Obama, reminding voters that Obama encouraged people to avoid coming to Nevada for conventions and meetings. Romney then took aim at Friday’s encouraging unemployment statistics, suggesting that the “real” unemployment rate was closer to 15%, a nod to the underemployment rate, which is down from 17.2% in January 2010.