Mitt Romney will challenge Maine GOP results after frantically running to attys

[sailingaway]

they are saying vote didn't happen in an open forum.

This is the guy who 'checks with his attorneys' to see what the Constitution says, and I am sure they were working all night to spin the rules. Regardless, this will be the spin that the results are somehow 'in doubt' although there was no more 'confusion' in Maine than North dakota, less since the RonPaul supporter chair never played the audio visual games the Romney chair played in ND. In fact it was the Romney folks in Maine who were trying to hand out fake delegate slates.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Delegate-fight-Snowe-LePage-today-at-convention.html

I tweeted this back to the entity that tweeted the story: sailing ‏ @usernamenuse
@FHQ @stevemistler The ROMNEY supporters handed fake Paul slates #haveyoutube - ND where Mitt took dels far more 'disarray'. #tcot #megop

 

[RPit]

"County delegates eventually voted for the 15 national delegates in closed-door meetings. Webster said the vote was supposed to take place on the floor. 

The Maine results will ultimately be reviewed by the Republican National Committee."


Wait is that true? And were the votes done otherwise?

 

[RPit]

BTW, then we should start collecting evidence to challenge Romney everywhere too. If he wants war- well I guess he's not good at history, who won the American Revolution? The Patriots..!

 

[anewvoice]

Let's hope the campaign is prepared, and funded, to fight this battle!

 

[shrugged0106]

Is there a chance that they have a case?

 

[RPit]

I wouldn't be surprised that the chairman told everyone to vote this way because they were going to lose anyways... Now they could challenge them. I hope there is VIDEO evidence of the whole damn convention..

ALWAYS RECORD VIDEO AT YOUR CONVENTION!!

 

[FlipObamney]

It didn't happen in an open forum because we nearly unanimously voted to hold the delegate vote in county conventions. Romney campaign has no grounds. Everything happened legitimately.

 

[RPit]

It didn't happen in an open forum because we nearly unanimously voted to hold the delegate vote in county conventions. Romney campaign has no grounds. Everything happened legitimately.

Was a rule change passed to allow this, or did you simply motion for it to happen that way? Because if you didn't change the party convention rules FIRST, then any further motion would NOT be in accordance with the established convention rules! I hope you guys did this the right way. Honestly.

 

[bb23]

BTW, then we should start collecting evidence to challenge Romney everywhere too. If he wants war- well I guess he's not good at history, who won the American Revolution? The Patriots..!

Exactly. The rules go both ways, and Romney and the RNC have violated them many times as we have seen.

 

[FlipObamney]

Was a rule change passed to allow this, or did you simply motion for it to happen that way? Because if you didn't change the party convention rules FIRST, then any further motion would NOT be in accordance with the established convention rules! I hope you guys did this the right way. Honestly.

Suspended rules, then voted. We are good to go...

 

[RPit]

Suspended rules, then voted.

Hmm, suspending rules eh... I hope this works out for you guys.... Would've been better to haven amended the rules to include voting by counties, and then there would be no case at all as then it would've been part of the rules, you shoulda tried this way first. I don't know how rule suspension is handled. Anyhow, great job and I hope it turns out fine.

 

[LostNFoundNTx]

Hmm, suspending rules eh... I hope this works out for you guys.... Would've been better to haven amended the rules to include voting by counties, and then there would be no case at all as then it would've been part of the rules, you shoulda tried this way first. I don't know how rule suspension is handled. Anyhow, great job and I hope it turns out fine.

Rule suspension is allowed in the rules.

 

[Suzu]

I predict that before Tampa happens, Romney will have developed such a horrid case of irritable bowel disease (from all the stress we are causing him) that he will drop out of the race and endorse RON PAUL.

 

[rb3b3]

romney is just doing this for the main stream media, so they can spin it that ron paul has no support despite being continuously victorious in all the caucus state conventions... they will make it appear to the public that whatever states we in fact have a majority of delegates in that we cheated to get that majority.. this way there is no way for ron paul to get any momentum what so ever from him winning all these states!! thats the bottom line!! the msm can not afford to give us any momentum what so ever!!! just my .02

 

[surf]

maybe this is just me, but since congressional districts are distinct it would only make sense to break-out by district to vote on their delegates. i've been doing this too long to make stupid posts, but i'll post this one and hope someone can correct me on what i'm missing here.

 

[dillo]

Rule suspension is allowed in the rules.

but wouldnt suspending the rules also suspend the rule that allows you to suspend the rules

 

[Aratus]

mitt is not a lawyer? pity! dude sorta deserves this!

 

[Bruno]

but wouldnt suspending the rules also suspend the rule that allows you to suspend the rules

No

 

[Dianne]

They should have filed a complaint or objection prior to the vote then.

 

[sailingaway]

"County delegates eventually voted for the 15 national delegates in closed-door meetings. Webster said the vote was supposed to take place on the floor. 

The Maine results will ultimately be reviewed by the Republican National Committee."


Wait is that true? And were the votes done otherwise?

if it is true I bet this was proposed by the romney camp