美國共和黨總統參選人轉戰西部

U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney is marching forward with his reclaimed front-runner status into a series of smaller nominating contests starting later this week in Nevada.

The Romney campaign will concentrate its efforts Wednesday on two upcoming caucus states, Minnesota and Nevada, which will hold the next nominating contest Saturday.

The former Massachusetts governor had a message for President Barack Obama after a commanding victory in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday.

Nevada could bring another boost for Romney, who won the state's 2008 Republican presidential caucus.

Romney won 46 percent of the Florida vote on Tuesday, far ahead of his closest rival, Newt Gingrich, who took home 32 percent of the vote.

But Gingrich was confident after the Florida poll and is moving his campaign efforts on to Nevada Wednesday, as promised.

Nevada may provide some much-needed support for Ron Paul, who is trailing the Republican field of presidential hopefuls. The Texas congressman skipped the final days of campaigning in Florida to get a head start rallying support in Nevada and Maine, which begins a week-long caucus on Saturday.美國共和黨總統參選人羅姆尼在重新奪回領先地位後到接下來舉行預選的幾個州開展競選活動。這幾個州的預選規模較小。首先登場的將是本星期晚些時候舉行黨團會議選舉的內華達州。

星期三，羅姆尼的競選活動將主要集中在舉行黨團會議選舉的內華達州和明尼蘇達州。內華達州將在本週六投票。

前麻薩諸塞州州長羅姆尼星期二在佛羅里達州的初選中取得壓倒性勝利後向總統奧巴馬傳達了一個信息。

內華達州可能會再次提振羅姆尼的聲勢，他曾於2008年在內華達共和黨黨團會議中獲勝。

羅姆尼在星期二的佛羅里達州初選中贏得46%的選票，遠遠超過與他相差最進的第二名紐特·金裏奇。金裏奇的得票率爲32%。

但在佛州初選後，金裏奇仍然信心十足。按照承諾，他星期三前往內華達州開展競選活動。

內華達州可能會給羅恩·保羅帶來一些他急需得到的支持。保羅目前在共和黨總統參選人中排名落後。德克薩斯州國會議員保羅最後幾天放棄了在佛州的競選活動。他希望能夠藉此提早在內華達州和緬因州開展競選活動爭取選民支持。緬因州爲期一週的黨團會議選舉將從星期六開始。