Romney Prevented the Brokered Convention

[Mani]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mccain_romney

843 of McCain + 280 Romney = 1123.

MCCain wins...

 

[SonicInfinity]

Has FOX News put up a "McCain wins the Nomination!" banner yet?

 

[Mani]

1191 was number of delegates needed for a nomination....

Romney just gave it to him.

Looks like he didn't like Huckabee giving McCain too much of a fight...

 

[RollOn2day]

Now can we put the brokered convention strategy to rest?

Jesus!

 

[nate895]

1191 was number of delegates needed for a nomination....

Romney just gave it to him.

Looks like he didn't like Huckabee giving McCain too much of a fight...

HE CAN'T CONTROL HIS DELEGATES, THEY CAN VOTE FOR WHOEVER THEY WANT NOW.

 

[LibertiORDeth]

Now can we put the brokered convention strategy to rest?

Jesus!

And any chance of Dr. No winning...

 

[literatim]

Romney cannot dictate who his delegates vote for. They can choose to vote for anyone they wish.

 

[SWATH]

Is there any way to identify McCain and Romney's delegates and present our case to them?

 

[literatim]

Ron Paul will present his case himself at the Republican National Convention. Any Ron Paul state delegates could make their own case at State conventions if they wish

 

[Mani]

HE CAN'T CONTROL HIS DELEGATES, THEY CAN VOTE FOR WHOEVER THEY WANT NOW.

Except for the sheep factor, they will just vote for whomever they are told.

 

[SWATH]

Ron Paul will present his case himself at the Republican National Convention. Any Ron Paul state delegates could make their own case at State conventions if they wish

What about before the convention? Or will they not be set in stone until then? Persuading McCain and Romney supporters may take more than 1 night or 1 speech. It is afterall an ideological revolution.

 

[literatim]

Except for the sheep factor, they will just vote for whomever they are told.

Odds are, they just won't show up. All of Romney's supporters didn't show up to Michigan which allowed the Ron Paul grassroots to slip in and take the empty state delegate seats.

 

[Ninja Homer]

Except for the sheep factor, they will just vote for whomever they are told.

It depends on how many of Romney's bound delegates were Ron Paul supporters.

 

[LarryWhite]

Except for the sheep factor, they will just vote for whomever they are told.

Romney has to release them before they can vote for anyone but Romney if they are bound. If he releases the bound delegates, then they vote for whomever we want. We need to find out if we have any stealth delegates that are bound to Romney.

He has to release them before they can vote for anyone but Romney in the bound states.

 

[SWATH]

So even if McCain wins 100 more delegates does that mean he is for sure the nominee and thus NO brokered convention, or are these numbers just estimates meaning it could still go brokered once the convention votes are cast.

 

[RollOn2day]

And any chance of Dr. No winning...

No! There never was a chance of Dr No winning this nomination...much less the presidency through this party.

If I am unrealistic for wanting a third party run, then I'm in the good company of the unrealistic people who think that the GOP was ever going to nominate a proponent of peace.

The only chance there ever was of getting the White House was a third party/independent run because the GOP was never going to get behind Dr Pauls platform.

Would the KKK nominate Obama? But if 6-12% of them would vote for him.... wouldn't you do backflips?

Well, thats what I'm doing! Backflips that 6-12% of the LEAST likley demographic (the GOP) has supported Dr Paul. You put him in an election with McCain and Obama or Hilary free of the constraints of the Republican baggage, and I'm telling you we would see fireworks go off in this country.

 

[Join The Paul Side]

I can see it now: Mormons for McCain.

 

[KevinR]

Are they freed from Romney as soon as he officially drops out, or do they have to wait until the first round of the convention to then pick someone else?

 

[literatim]

No! There never was a chance of Dr No winning this nomination...much less the presidency through this party.

If I am unrealistic for wanting a third party run, then I'm in the good company of the unrealistic people who think that the GOP was ever going to nominate a proponent of peace.

The only chance there ever was of getting the White House was a third party/independent run because the GOP was never going to get behind Dr Pauls platform.

Would the KKK nominate Obama? But if 6-12% of them would vote for him.... wouldn't you do backflips?

Well, thats what I'm doing! Backflips that 6-12% of the LEAST likley demographic (the GOP) has supported Dr Paul. You put him in an election with McCain and Obama or Hilary free of the constraints of the Republican baggage, and I'm telling you we would see fireworks go off in this country.

There will not be a 3rd party run, so go away.

McCain isn't going to win the general election no matter what happens . The only thing that would happen if Ron Paul ran as a 3rd party would be that Ron Paul would be blamed for it and all those Ron Paul Republicans running for Congress and Senate will lose because of it.

 

[Mani]

There will not be a 3rd party run, so go away.

McCain isn't going to win the general election no matter what happens . The only thing that would happen if Ron Paul ran as a 3rd party would be that Ron Paul would be blamed for it and all those Ron Paul Republicans running for Congress and Senate will lose because of it.

Exactly. the republicans are going to get clobbered in the presidential election, ESPECIALLY if Obama wins their nomination.

The last thing we want is Ron Paul getting blamed because he took 10% of the GOP vote away in a 3rd party run.