Republican presidential hopefuls make their case in Nevada on the eve of the state's caucus.<br/> <br />Speaking to business owners in Sparks, Mitt Romney said a strong jobs report was good news for the economy, but criticized the pace of the recovery.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY SAYING :<br/> <br />"This recovery has been slower than it should have been, people have been suffering longer than they should have had to suffer. Will it get better? I think it'll get better. I don't know how long it's going to take. We got good news this morning on job creation in January. I hope that continues, we get people back to work. That is the antidote, by the way, to falling home prices -- is people going back to work, being able to buy homes."<br/> <br />In Las Vegas, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, trailing in the polls, is vowing to keep up the fight.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NEWT GINGRICH SAYING :<br/> <br />"Let's talk about our two visions of America, mine is all Americans, mine is inclusive, mine is progress for everybody, mine is a job for every American. I want to pit paychecks against food stamps and I want to say I want every American to have a paycheck. We now know from Governor Romney, he joins Obama. Obama is big foodstamp; he is little foodstamp. They both think foodstamps are OK. I don't think foodstamps are a future for America. They're a necessary bridge back to getting a job and back to being independent of government."<br/> <br />Nevada is friendly turf for front-runner Romney, who easily won in 2008, in a state where his fellow Mormons make up about 25 percent of state caucus goers.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
