This IS the OFFICIAL delegate count, SERIOUSLY.

[AggieforPaul]

Can you imagine the reaction of the fox news folks if Paul wins the nomination at the convention without winning any state popular votes? The chances of a neo-con running 3rd party would be 100%.

 

[Student Of Paulism]

The whole problem is we all know Paul is going to get housed miserably in closed caucus/primary states. Some of those will be WTA, and he is going to have to win some of those to amass enough delegates, right? I think FL and SC speak for themselves on this matter.

 

[unknown]

The goal isn't nomination...

The f*ck?

 

[Justinfrom1776]

Can you imagine the reaction of the fox news folks if Paul wins the nomination at the convention without winning any state popular votes? The chances of a neo-con running 3rd party would be 100%.

"They took our own crooked system and used it against us!"

 

[truetrue]

Nevada's delegates are not chosen yet. Where did you see that they were?

 

[gerryb]

The whole problem is we all know Paul is going to get housed miserably in closed caucus/primary states. Some of those will be WTA, and he is going to have to win some of those to amass enough delegates, right? I think FL and SC speak for themselves on this matter.

SC and FL delegates HAVE NOT been selected. They will be chosen via convention, just like the caucus states.

They will just be pledged on the first ballot, we need to ensure no one gets 1144 on the first ballot and we win, if we take over the precinct level conventions in every state.

 

[Oddone]

Nevada's delegates are not chosen yet. Where did you see that they were?

They are bound on the first vote proportionally. So they already know how many each person will have on the first vote, we just don't know "WHO" those people will be.

 

[truetrue]

They are bound on the first vote proportionally. So they already know how many each person will have on the first vote, we just don't know "WHO" those people will be.

From http://www.nvgopcaucus.com/faqs

All Delegates and alternate delegates elected at the precinct caucus will meet in March at their county conventions. The county convention will then elect delegates to represent them at the State Convention on May 5-6th. And it’s at the State Convention where the delegates and alternates get elected to the Republican National Convention on August 27-30th.
Since delegates generally vote for other delegates who support the same candidate as they do, it’s advantageous for a candidate to elect as many people as possible as delegates at the precinct caucuses. The more delegates a candidate has after the precinct caucuses in February, the greater the chance they will have the most delegates from Nevada to the National Convention on August 27-30th.

Edit: Also, they weren't bound in '08

 

[Paul4Prez]

There's no doubt in my mind anymore that this race is going to head into a brokered convention.

The campaign is playing this beautifully because when you think about it, it's Ron Paul's only chance at becoming the nominee since he'd never be able to outright win.

He could win every state in a landslide if all of the Ron Paul supporters would actually vote. It would only take a small percentage of the population -- the primaries are lightly attended, and people don't understand how much power they truly have to change things.

 

[Oddone]

From http://www.nvgopcaucus.com/faqs



Edit: Also, they weren't bound in '08

Saturday 5 May - Sunday 6 May 2012: The Nevada State Republican Convention convenes. The State Convention meets as a whole to choose all 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary.

The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Nevada's Republican Party, will attend the convention as bound delegates by virtue of their position.

Nevada's delegates are bound for the 1st ballot at the National Convention.

28 National Convention delegates are proportionally bound to Presidential contenders based on today's caucus vote.
A 3.57% threshold is required in order for a contender to be allocated delegates [1 / 28 delegates = 3.57%].
For those candidates receiving 3.57% or more of the vote: The number of delegates = 28 × (candidate's popular vote) ÷ (total statewide vote).

Edit: 15 December 2010: The Nevada Republican Executive Committee voted to hold the state's 2012 Presidential Caucuses on 18 February 2012. The contest will be proportional and the delegates will be bound.

 

[mattdcw]

You should modify the OP and differentiate which delegates have individuals chosen to serve as RNC delegates already (NH is the only one so far), and which have chosen the candidates the eventual delegates will be pledged to support in the first round at RNC.

Actually, even NH's delegates haven't been picked yet - but they are expected to be later this week. The candidates have to notify NH which delegates off their original list get the slots. Huntsman gets to pick 2 - and then release them - and it's likely he will choose 2 that will vote for Romney - but they will not be bound to Romney like the other NH delegates.

 

[musicmax]

Paul has two super-delegates: Iowa Republican Party Chairman AJ Striker and an as-yet unidentified Oklahoma super-delegate believed to be James Dunn.

Super Delegate Endorsement list:

http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/4726/republican-superdelegate-endorsement-list

 

[Paul Or Nothing II]

That's good for now, but there are big winner take all states later on. If we aren't going to win any of them, I don't know how fired up the ground game will be to take up delegate spots. We also have to hope the same guy doesn't win all of them if we aren't going to.

Can you imagine the reaction of the fox news folks if Paul wins the nomination at the convention without winning any state popular votes? The chances of a neo-con running 3rd party would be 100%.

This why I keep saying that we need to present Paul as the ONLY alternative to Obama to GOP-voters because if he isn't the nominee then there will be backlash from Paul-supporters & that ensures an Obama-victory! Getting delegates is good but we NEED as much of the popular-vote as we can get to JUSTIFY our nomination & the only way to do that in a short period is to present Paul as the ONLY alternative to Obama, due to the backlash GOP will see if Paul isn't the nominee & also because Paul is the ONLY who can take away enough Indies & Dems from Obama to beat him (mainly due to his strong anti-war stance where Obama has failed miserably)

 

[J_White]

with all this that they are doing during vote counts, why would they NOT change some rules to take away our delegate at the convention ?