Colorado Republicans split delegate votes btwn Romney unified Paul and Santorum supporters

[sailingaway]

http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_20398638?source=commented-

Ron Paul supporters wave their placards as Senator John Thune, of South Dakota, speaks on behalf of Mitt Romney during the Colorado Republican State Assembly and Convention at the Ritchie Center in Denver, CO, Saturday, April 14, 2012. Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post)

 

[jctii0]

Also, we placed ALL of our delegates on ALL committees to national. And yes, that includes the CHAIRMAN of the delegation--beating out the chairman of the CO GOP, Ryan Call.

 

[sailingaway]

Very COOL!!! Was that a Paul person who got that or a Santorum person?

 

[tmtoth123]

What does this mean? Does this mean we are going to get the majority of delegates from Colorado?

 

[Constitutional Paulicy]

Santorum voters protesting Romney.

Let's hope that continues throughout the campaign and many of them jump aboard our momentum approaching the convention. Perhaps we will get lucky and someone in the Romney campaign will start bashing Santorum supporters for not getting on board his bandwagon.

 

[J_White]

amen to that !

Santorum voters protesting Romney.

Let's hope that continues throughout the campaign and many of them jump aboard our momentum approaching the convention. Perhaps we will get lucky and someone in the Romney campaign will start bashing Santorum supporters for not getting on board his bandwagon.

 

[jctii0]

Here is a direct quote from one our alternates who attended the committee selection meeting after the convention (anyone could attend but only delegates had voting status):

"The first several votes by the national delegates are taking place now. It is funny to see vote after vote taking place where the romney delegates nominate someone and all vote together.........and lose badly by the good guys! Romney did not win CO!"

 

[federico84]

Here is a direct quote from one our alternates who attended the committee selection meeting after the convention (anyone could attend but only delegates had voting status):

I've been wondering when the national committeeman and national committeewoman were elected, as I didn't see any mention of this from twitter reports.
Still an election was scheduled --> www.cologop.org
Now I understand it occurred in a "private" meeting.
So, if I don't get it wrong, natl committeman and woman are Paul/Santorum people, whereas Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call, who will be in Tampa as a delegate as well, backs Romney.
That means Romney did not get the majority of delegates out of Colorado and he won't either. Fine.

 

[sailingaway]

I've been wondering when the national committeeman and national committeewoman were elected, as I didn't see any mention of this from twitter reports.
Still an election was scheduled --> www.cologop.org
Now I understand it occurred in a "private" meeting.
So, if I don't get it wrong, natl committeman and woman are Paul/Santorum people, whereas Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call, who will be in Tampa as a delegate as well, backs Romney.
That means Romney did not get the majority of delegates out of Colorado and he won't either. Fine.

so are you saying two of the three 'at large' unpledged delegates were really Paul people? So Ron really won a plurality OUTRIGHT????? We assumed those three were going to Romney!! Can anyone confirm this specifically?

 

[jctii0]

I've been wondering when the national committeeman and national committeewoman were elected, as I didn't see any mention of this from twitter reports.
Still an election was scheduled --> www.cologop.org
Now I understand it occurred in a "private" meeting.
So, if I don't get it wrong, natl committeman and woman are Paul/Santorum people, whereas Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call, who will be in Tampa as a delegate as well, backs Romney.
That means Romney did not get the majority of delegates out of Colorado and he won't either. Fine.

These weren't for GOP National Committeemen. These were for specific committees (i.e. resolutions/rules committee) for the National Convention. The costs involved with being on the GOP National Committee are ridiculous as you need to fund your own way to DC several times a year.

 

[federico84]

so are you saying...

Hey hey, I'm just a desperate european trying to understand how you "crazy" american people manage this whole election process!
But yes that's how it looks to me considering what is written in here hxxp://www.examiner. com/elections-2012-in-wilmington/ron-paul-wins-minnesota-colorado-delegates-to-republican-national-convention:

In addition, the Paul-Santorum coalition denied Romney delegates all the committee spots within the Colorado National Delegation. Two Ron Paul supporters will serve on the Rules Committee and the Paul coalition dethroned known Romney supporter and Colorado State Party Chairman Ryan Call from his position as Delegation Chairman.

What else can those committee spots be? National committeman and committewoman were scheduled to be elected yesterday during the state convention, so I understand they are the committee spots.

Maybe I'm confused and I'm just generating confusion and that's the last thing I want. Confirms are really appreciated.


edit: thanks jctii0, looks like I missed the point, sorry everybody. Too many committees...

 

[sailingaway]

These weren't for GOP National Committeemen. These were for specific committees (i.e. resolutions/rules committee) for the National Convention. The costs involved with being on the GOP National Committee are ridiculous as you need to fund your own way to DC several times a year.

OK, thanks for the confirmation! So we assumed correctly, the party types will vote for the party candidate: Romney.

 

[Maltheus]

I figure we have anywhere between 36%-60% of the delegates. 60% is a best case scenario and assumes that we can convert 8 or so Santorum people. And it's possible that 36% might include some Santorum people.

The campaign has not been entirely ethical with their reporting of the numbers. I know at one point, they were saying that we had 2 delegates, who we know for a fact won't vote for Paul, but because they were on the "unity" slate, the campaign still counted it as a win (in one list of numbers, perhaps not all).

 

[sailingaway]

I figure we have anywhere between 36%-60% of the delegates. 60% is a best case scenario and assumes that we can convert 8 or so Santorum people. And it's possible that 36% might include some Santorum people.

The campaign has not been entirely ethical with their reporting of the numbers. I know at one point, they were saying that we had 2 delegates, who we know for a fact won't vote for Paul, but because they were on the "unity" slate, the campaign still counted it as a win (in one list of numbers, perhaps not all).

You and speciallyblend should get together and figure it out. He thinks the unpledged were Paul supporters except one.

 

[kathy88]

OK, thanks for the confirmation! So we assumed correctly, the party types will vote for the party candidate: Romney.

Perhaps Romney will do something really stupid between now and then. You never know.

 

[sailingaway]

Perhaps Romney will do something really stupid between now and then. You never know.

an article I read today indicated Romney only had 42% of GOP PRIMARY voter support in the last Gallup poll of the primary race.

That laurel won't bear much weight to sit on it.

 

[Agorism]

Are there any other articles about this?

 

[sailingaway]

Are there any other articles about this?

check out the forum, there are several.

 

[Agorism]

I still feel like the chairman\vote counters just gave Romney 8 of the 12 delegates at the convention...

 

[sailingaway]

So...it turns out that Romney gets as many delegates as he earned in the popular vote. And this is a good thing for Ron Paul's chances HOW exactly? The <1144 plan pretty much DEPENDS on Romney getting virtually ZERO unbound delegates. Yet he got 13..and probably more

So...AT BEST, he basically got the same number that the media that you call incorrect said he got. But realistically, he got more. Meanwhile, he definitely got MORE than he "earned" in North Dakota. So again...explain to me how this keeps him from 1144 considering the media numbers already have him on his way to getting a few hundred more than he needs?

Who pissed in your wheaties?

Ron got a ton more than media 'call correct' which makes it a good outcome. The best outcome would be Ron ALSO denying him delegates, but we aren't going to have the votes to do that everywhere. We DID deny him the Delegation Chairmanship which the state GOP chair, as I understand it, was trying for. So the votes should be accurately reported, in any event.