HuffPost- Ron Paul's plan to win the nomination (includes info on Puerto Rico)

[Maximus]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/ron-paul-delegates-president-barack-obama_n_1202586.html

There's been a lot of talk on Puerto Rico and other territories lately, and Benton makes clear in this article that they are aware of it.

 

[bluesc]

I was saying they were already aware when people here were acting as if they discovered some big secret. Romney is aware too.

 

[LibertyIn08]

I was saying they were already aware when people here were acting as if they discovered some big secret. Romney is aware too.

Nobody thinks it is a secret. People just want to know what they can do to help.

 

[69360]

I've seen a lot of this lately. So the new msm meme is that Ron can influence the convention? They really think we do all this to influence the convention?

In it to win it.

 

[bobbyw24]

Ron Paul's Delegate-Focused Campaign Strategy Came From Obama '08

CONCORD, N.H. -- Puerto Rico is not often considered an active political enclave. It has no representation in Congress, save a non-voting delegate. And with respect to presidential campaigns, it is usually an afterthought. Both John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama visited only after they won office. In the race for delegates in the 2012 Republican primary, however, it will carry twice as much weight as all-critical New Hampshire in the process of determining the nominee.

Puerto Rico will award 23 delegates when its citizens caucus on March 18. New Hampshire, punished for moving its election into early January, will award only 12. On Tuesday, roughly 245,000 people voted in the Granite State's primary. During the 2008 cycle, Puerto Rico's caucus resulted in a total vote count of 208.

With that many delegates at risk over that few votes, it would stand to reason that the current GOP field would be making manic maneuvers to shore up support in Puerto Rico. But so far, only one candidate seems to be doing much, if anything: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/ron-paul-delegates-president-barack-obama_n_1202586.html

 

[RileyE104]

An endorsement from Puerto Rico's Governor would be awesome!

 

[TexMac]

This campaign is awesome.

 

[bobbyw24]

Smart move

 

[Elwar]

Ron Paul's Delegate-Focused Campaign Strategy Came From Obama '08

Ya...and how did that work out for him?

 

[harikaried]

I'm sure they have the right number but were just rounding for the quote...

"Ours is a delegate strategy," said Benton. "We want to win the 1,100 delegates. If [former Massachusetts Gov.]Mitt Romney has secured 1,150 delegates, then it is game over. But we are going to contest that until the very end, and again we have a goal. We wouldn't be doing this if we didn't think we can win 1,150 delegates."

You actually need 1144 delegates to win the nomination. (There's a total of 2,286. Half is 1,143.)

 

[libertyguy]

HUFFPOST ARTICLE ON HOW RON PAUL IS "TAKING A PAGE FROM OBAMA'S PLAYBOOK"

Very detailed information that is not found in most MSM:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/ron-paul-delegates-president-barack-obama_n_1202586.html?ref=politics

 

[trey4sports]

summary? Don't want to give huff-po any traffic.

 

[Rincewind]

Huffpost is alternately infuriating and brilliant.

With most of the MSM I know exactly what the articles are going to say. At least HP will surprise me sometimes.

 

[bluesc]

OKAY. THANKS BUDDY.

 

[bluesc]

summary? Don't want to give huff-po any traffic.

Ron is playing the delegates game, Benton thinks they will run well against Romney, former RNC chairman agrees, Ron is concentrating on usually ignored places like Puerto Rico and has a plan to win Idaho, etc. Good read.

 

[harikaried]

Benton makes clear in this article that they are aware of it.

Hopefully people continue to fund the campaign directly because they're on the ball!

 

[harikaried]

Ron is playing the delegates game, Benton thinks they will run well against Romney, former RNC chairman agrees, Ron is concentrating on usually ignored places like Puerto Rico and has a plan to win Idaho, etc. Good read.

Also that Ron Paul will stay in all the way to the GOP Convention in Florida...

.. to accept the nomination!

 

[harikaried]

I've seen a lot of this lately. So the new msm meme is that Ron can influence the convention? They really think we do all this to influence the convention?

In it to win it.

Yeah, the article has this line:

"The question then becomes two-fold: just how many delegates can Paul secure, and what, exactly, will he do with them?"

Win the nomination of course!

 

[sailingaway]

Ron did it last year too, he just didn't have as much money early enough or enough people.

 

[bluesc]

OKAY. THANKS BUDDY.

Ah Sailing, did you have to merge the threads? That post makes me look like an idiot now .