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{ First, let me say at the outset, that if Ron Paul’s grandmother had had
wheels, she’d have been a trolley car. Not going to happen! Second, I include
this article as a matter of first amendment principle, encouraged by the
authors of this website so to do. Third, and most important, it doesn’t matter
what Ron Paul does at this point. He’s totally irrelevant as he’s proven over
and over again to be at the end of an atypically grueling primary campaign.
Quite simply, with plenty of opportunity to do so, Ron Paul never resonated
with the primary voters of his own party, which party he himself chose. In a
general election, Ron Paul would be lucky to get (probably the low end of the
range of) 15%-25% of the vote. Remember: we’re not talking about a high school
debate here, but rather an american
general election with all its faults. There isn’t one vote that potentially goes
to the failed president obama that couldn’t/wouldn’t
as likely go, and upon reflection with rationality the criteria would go to
Mitt Romney. Obviously, that’s clearly not the case for Paul. Wobama‘s a jive-talking loser who failed to do what he said
he’d do last time around which we now know if he had done this nation and the
world would be in a better position this day. Mitt Romney really wants to be
President, which of course is not the decisive test. He’s smart enough, and
flexible enough (which set up the primary battles to follow) to be President of
all the nation. He wanted it, fought for it, and has
earned it. At the age of 77, one could only at best say of Ron Paul that he
should have started sooner. At worst, given that Paul’s chosen defacto to favor the side of collectively the losers for
the proven loser, the mentally troubled b***s*** artist obama;
which then makes him no more than a loser himself, and an embittered, senile
old man at that. I side with the former missionary, President Mitt Romney and
First Lady Ann who I congratulate for their victory in what I further believe
will be a blowout victory in November. }
‘Despite
what you may have heard from the mainstream media, Mitt Romney does not have
the Republican nomination locked up. In fact, he is rapidly losing
delegates that almost everyone assumed that he already had in the bag. To
understand why this is happening, you have to understand the delegate selection
process. Each state has different rules for selecting delegates to the
Republican national convention, and in many states the "voting" done
by the public does not determine the allocation of delegates to particular
candidates at all. And the truth is that delegates are the only thing
that really matters in this race. In state after state, the Ron Paul
campaign is focusing on the delegate selection process with laser-like
precision, and it is paying off big time. At this point, there is still a
legitimate chance that Ron Paul will be able to win enough delegates to deny
Mitt Romney the nomination on the first ballot at the Republican national
convention in
Sadly,
most Americans have no idea how this process really works.
For
example, originally we were all told that Mitt Romney won
Then,
later on we were told that a mistake was made and that Rick Santorum actually
won
Well,
it turns out that Ron Paul actually won 20 out of the 28 delegates in
So
what happens if the Ron Paul campaign is able to produce similar results in
state after state?
The
Ron Paul campaign is very organized, very motivated and they understand the
rules of the game. As a recent Politico article detailed, there
are huge amounts of unbound delegates out there that are still up for grabs....
There
are roughly 30 states and territories where delegates aren’t bound to a
particular candidate. The majority of the other states, according to a number
of party officials, call for delegates to be bound for a first round of
balloting but not the ensuing rounds.
“The
dirty little secret is: At the end of the day, these guys and gals can vote any
way they want,” said a Republican who has attended national conventions for
decades. “Each state has different (laws) on pledged delegates.”
In
many states, the "official" results of voting done by the public mean
next to nothing. The talking heads on television often tell us how many
delegates are "projected" to go to a particular candidate, but as we
have seen in
A
recent Salon article discussed how the
delegate selection process really works and how the Ron Paul campaign is using
these rules to shake up the game....
In
many caucus states, the “official” results that most people saw this winter
were from nonbinding straw polls conducted in conjunction with precinct-level
caucuses. But when it comes to choosing national convention delegates, the real
action is at district caucuses and state conventions. In the past, this
distinction hasn’t mattered much, but for the Paul forces – who lack the
numbers to win statewide primaries but have the devotion to pack any room,
anywhere, at any time – it has offered an inviting loophole. When turnout is
small and no one is looking, the Paul folks can win, and that’s what’s been
happening in a number of states.
To
Paul die-hards, this will all culminate in a surprise for the ages in
So
could Ron Paul really deny Mitt Romney the Republican nomination?
At
this point, nobody really seems to know what the real delegate count is.
Websites
such as The Real 2012 Delegate
Count are more accurate than most sources in the mainstream media,
but even that site has been underestimating the true number of Ron Paul
delegates.
Right
now, Mitt Romney is not anywhere close to having the number of delegates that
he needs for the nomination and Ron Paul just keeps picking up more delegates
with each passing week.
For
example, a Washington Post article
that was posted on Sunday reported that Ron Paul just achieved a stunning
delegate victory in
Despite
former
Thanks
to organized Paul supporters, who have been working to increase their
candidate’s support at state conventions around the country, 22 of the 25
That
was a state that Romney supposedly "won".
It
looks like Romney has a real problem.
In
state after state, Ron Paul is gobbling up delegates. The following are
quotes from a recent Huffington Post article
about what the Ron Paul campaign has been able to achieve in the past few
weeks....
-"Sure
enough, Paul has already won 20 out of the 24 delegates allocated in Minnesota,
by winning a majority of the congressional district contests."
-"In
-"The
other state that Benton likely has his eye on is Colorado, where the Denver
Post reported in mid-April that Paul supporters and Santorum backers combined
forces to win a "stunning upset" at the state convention,
guaranteeing that about half of the state's 33 delegates will be for Paul in
August."
And
look what just happened in
In
votes leading to the close of the two-day
So
Ron Paul is definitely accumulating a huge pile of his own delegates, but even
many so-called "pledged delegates" for Romney could end up playing a
huge role for Ron Paul.
In
some states, Ron Paul supporters have been getting elected into delegate slots
that are supposed to go to Romney. This is highly unusual, and it could
really shake things up at the national convention. As a Salon article recently explained
there will be quite a few Ron Paul supporters that will actually be going to
Besides
the pledged delegates he’s won so far and the extras he’s collecting through
caucuses and state conventions, Paul will also have some supporters disguised
as Romney delegates. To understand how this works, just consider his campaign’s
mischief in
But
those delegates are required to vote for Romney, right?
Not
so fast.
The
Ron Paul campaign could actually ask those "disguised" Romney
delegates to abstain during the first round of voting in
In
fact, Ronald Reagan considered using this tactic against Gerald Ford in
1976. The following is from a 1976 article entitled "Reagan
Forces May ‘Steal’ Ford Votes"....
“In
secret strategy sessions, Reagan aides have toyed with the idea of asking
delegates to abstain as long as their state laws require them to honor the
primary verdicts. This would prevent the President from riding up an
early-ballot victory. Then, in subsequent ballots, they could legally
switch to Reagan.
Delegates
have abstained from voting before. Back in 2008, at least 14 delegates
abstained from voting at the Republican national convention.
So
what would happen if the Ron Paul campaign was able to get 100 or 150
"Romney delegates" to abstain from voting during the first ballot in
That
is a very intriguing question.
And
remember, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich also have significant numbers of
delegates pledged to each of them.
So Ron Paul does not need to accumulate 1,144 delegates
himself to deny Mitt Romney the nomination on the first ballot. He
just needs to keep Romney from getting to 1,144.
The
race for the Republican nomination is not over.
You
can find a state by state breakdown of delegate voting rules right here.
It is
not too late to get involved.
If
nobody gets to 1,144 on the first ballot in
So if
you are not satisfied with Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee, don't lose
hope yet.
The
game is still being played.
It
would be a challenge, but if his supporters get energized enough, it certainly
is possible that Ron Paul could still win enough delegates to deny Mitt Romney
the Republican nomination on the first ballot in
And
if that happens, anything is possible.’