HUCK wins West Virginia convention

[Phantom]

It looks like Huckabee won with more than 51% of the vote.

 

[gaazn]

A vote for McCain/Huckabee can never be good.

 

[Ron Paul Fan]

Paul delegates were eliminated in the 1st round.

 

[slacker921]

.. and when Huck drops out to be McCains VP the delegates he won will mosey on over to McCain. How nice.

We're screwed... it's time for a 3rd party run with new campaign managers who know how to advertise on TV on a national scale. We've got the signs, we've got the web sites, we've got loads of TV ads already, we've got 17,000 precinct leaders, etc.. etc... time to get busy.

 

[Ron Paul Fan]

My friends, this is how a brokered convention would work and this is why all of you who think Paul can win one are delusional. Deals will be made, delegates will shift candidates, and they won't go in Ron Paul's favor.

 

[tropicangela]

"Michael wooten just confirmed with ron pauls people that paul will get three national delegates from huckabee in exchange for throwing his wv support to"

# Romneys people want a roll call vote now 5 minutes ago
# huck in this 2nd round 9 minutes ago
# Michael wooten just confirmed with ron pauls people that paul will get three national delegates from huckabee in exchange for throwing h ... 9 minutes ago
# He told wsazs amanda barren that he was heading home to arkansas to vote 21 minutes ago

http://www.wsaz.com/political/misc/15267036.html

 

[gaazn]

If there's a brokered convention, McCain/Huckabee has to be considered to be 1 candidate because they will join together in the end. So for there to be a brokered convention, Romney has to do well and RP has to do well. Therefore, it would have been better for Romney to win West Virginia than Huckabee.

 

[Redcard]

If there's a brokered convention, McCain/Huckabee has to be considered to be 1 candidate because they will join together in the end. So for there to be a brokered convention, Romney has to do well and RP has to do well. Therefore, it would have been better for Romney to win West Virginia than Huckabee.

No, no no

Stop being so.. one sided.

This is about WV. Huck will probably give McCain 4 delegates or more for this defection. The whole point is that deals were made and we didn't get involved in them. Brokered conventions will require us to get involved with this.

See, McCain's camp saw the writing on the wall, and swung a deal where McCain's closest competitor got NOTHING and McCain will get something.

I mean, think about it. If Huck's giving us three for defecting to him, how many do you think McCain got out of him?

This type of stuff doesn't mean McCain loves Huck.. or that Huck will be McCain's VP.. or that it will even be repeated again. It just means they made a deal.

 

[Eponym_mi]

In the 2nd round...

It looks like 164 of 176 McCain supporters went for Huckabee and 28 of 118 Ron Paul supporters went for Huckabee.

It also looks like 57 Ron Paul supporters went for Romney and another 33 Ron Paul supporters walked out.

I would've walked or gone with Romney, but this is probably the best outcome other than a win.

 

[PaultheSaint]

Shit is confusing.

 

[NinjaPirate]

Shit is confusing.

Ditto.

 

[RWill]

"... just confirmed ... paul will get three national delegates from huckabee in exchange for throwing his wv support ..."

3 more is better than 0!

 

[Eponym_mi]

Shit is confusing.

Welcome to politics.

 

[Redcard]

If we Kingmade Romney and not Huck, we would have gotten handed more than 3.

 

[literatim]

If we Kingmade Romney and not Huck, we would have gotten handed more than 3.

How do you know that?

 

[Mortikhi]

I'm failing to see how this is good for us.

So McCain didn't win. Neither did we.

 

[literatim]

I'm failing to see how this is good for us.

So McCain didn't win. Neither did we.

We took 3 national delegates. Only Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul got any delegates from WV. This also sets up a brokered convention by keeping delegates away from Romney and McCain.

 

[Redcard]

How do you know that?

Well, you don't. But it's strategy.

It's likely McCain is getting a cut for the kingmaking here from Huck, just like we did. If we'd stayed around and KingMade Mitt, we likely could have done it alone.. and then, we would have gotten shared more delegates.

Geeze, you guys expect to win a brokered convention? What this is is NOTHING compared to a brokered convention.

 

[TurtleBurger]

If we Kingmade Romney and not Huck, we would have gotten handed more than 3.

I doubt it. If Romney offered more than 3 our people would have taken his offer.

 

[GoDrNo]

We took 3 national delegates. Only Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul got any delegates from WV. This also sets up a brokered convention by keeping delegates away from Romney and McCain.

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