North Dakota currently voting for delegates

[helmuth_hubener]

Well, it will come down to: did Romney get a majority of delegates to the State Convention? If he did, then his campaign is just doing what ours is doing in places like Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Maine, etc., where we have a much larger proportion of delegates than we had straw poll votes and will thus win.

I am skeptical that Romney would have a majority. We got 30%, and Ron Paul himself attended some of the county conventions, so I would expect that we have the majority, even without allying Santorum and Gingrich supporters.

Now definitely Romney does have the overwhelming majority of the leadership. So the question is will the leadership be able to somehow disenfranchise the delegates at the convention, the majority of whom are almost certainly non-Romney supporters, unless Romney did a lot better at getting delegates in ND than in other places, and in fact are probably RP supporters, unless RP did a lot poorer than other places.

I hope Matt Collins or someone who knows the rules is there to be aggressive and ruthless. Romney isn't the only one who can bring in parliamentarians and lawyers.

 

[PaulSoHard]

no news right now I guess is a good thing?

 

[Titus]

If the action to elect delegates is going on, people are most likely recording with their phones. Recording generally makes it hard to tweet or otherwise communicate via the internet unless the person has a second device.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Well, it will come down to: did Romney get a majority of delegates to the State Convention? If he did, then his campaign is just doing what ours is doing in places like Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Maine, etc., where we have a much larger proportion of delegates than we had straw poll votes and will thus win.

There is a difference in violations of rules to ram something down, and winning a well run rules based delegate slate. If that's what happened (voilations).

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Cori Zimmer ‏ @seejai Is there anything else that can be done for #ronpaul at the #ndgop #ndgopconvention ? I feel like we've been ripped off

No twitter account, can someone ask for more details?

 

[libertybrewcity]

LOL, this was supposedly in the bathroom at the GOP ND convention

 

[ichirix]

https://twitter.com/#!/lukehellier/status/186111569669787648

#NDGOP national delegate slate gives Paul 2, Santorum 6, Romney 20. Delegates voting now. Actual results coming.

To clarify... I'm fairly certain the reports of Romney winning simply reflect the slate that the ND GOP Establishment provided. The rest of the Paul and Santorum delegates will have to be written in (which seems to be the case given the statement "actual results coming")

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Christopher Olson ‏ @endurion Why are Dalrymple pages passing out Dalrymple materials throughout the entire Paul Sorum speech? #NDGOP

Can anyone decode this into english?

 

[Titus]

@ClydeCoulter, probably politics

That being said, I wonder if Romney can get two thirds to stop the assembly if he does not even have a clear majority. If Paul and Santorum supporters hold the caucus hostage until a proper vote is taken, maybe the GOP won't be able to railroad. In one caucus in Wyoming, it took three ballots to determine delegates, so its nothing new to Santorum supporters.

 

[sailingaway]

@ClydeCoulter, probably politics

That being said, I wonder if Romney can get two thirds to stop the assembly if he does not even have a clear majority. If Paul and Santorum supporters hold the caucus hostage until a proper vote is taken, maybe the GOP won't be able to railroad. In one caucus in Wyoming, it took three ballots to determine delegates, so its nothing new to Santorum supporters.

they need to declare the chair vacant and appoint a new chair before quorum flees. This 'do our own next week' way we've done it doesn't work because they just ignore it. Someone there has to ask three motions that are refused, declare the chair vacant and vote a new chair, fast when things break down, according to what parlaimentarians have posted here previously.

 

[CTRattlesnake]

@ClydeCoulter, probably politics

That being said, I wonder if Romney can get two thirds to stop the assembly if he does not even have a clear majority. If Paul and Santorum supporters hold the caucus hostage until a proper vote is taken, maybe the GOP won't be able to railroad. In one caucus in Wyoming, it took three ballots to determine delegates, so its nothing new to Santorum supporters.

Yeah I think this will take a while to sort out. Romney doenst seem to have enough support to push through want he wants in a single vote. A combined slate is looking more likely atm.

 

[Xenliad]

Can anyone decode this into english?

Dalrymple is the current establishment governor. Paul Sorum is running against him (and has endorsed Ron Paul)

 

[Titus]

Yeah I think this will take a while to sort out. Romney doenst seem to have enough support to push through want he wants in a single vote. A combined slate is looking more likely atm.

Are you from North Dakota? Is recording allowed there?

 

[CTRattlesnake]

Are you from North Dakota? Is recording allowed there?

CT-rattlesnake

 

[carterm]

a few people on twitter left the convention that were ron paul supporters according to twitter; they wouldn't revote or anything would they?

 

[ClydeCoulter]

a few people on twitter left the convention that were ron paul supporters according to twitter; they wouldn't revote or anything would they?

More info please......what twitters.....RP supporters left before adjournment?

 

[sailingaway]

More info please......what twitters.....RP supporters left before adjournment?

yes they can absolutely revote if they can get the votes to do so - we can NEVER be the ones to leave!

 

[carterm]

just search twitter "ndgop," i saw a few cases of people leaving.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

just search twitter "ndgop," i saw a few cases of people leaving.

Been watching those, just saw one saying heading back to Minneapolis....

 

[PatriotOne]

As of 1:47 p.m., a total of 1,666 delegates are credentialed at the convention and are able to vote. #ndpol #ndgop2012

1,666 delegates now credentialed in ND. That's gotta be freaking a few people out there. The "Beast" now has control of the caucus!