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That hope thing doesn't seem to work very well. judging from what I saw Romney was doing pretty good. As far as the rest of the State goes I can only guess. The suspense is killing me.....................
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This seems an appropriate moment for everyone's favorite Stalin quote:
"You know, comrades," says Stalin, "that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how."
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Yes indeed, welcome. I wonder how many other people over here are following this thread!
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Welcome. Thanks for your support.
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Hi Britannia,
Welcome to the Forum. Hopefully you can join us in a victory celebration.
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I'd not be surprised if it were quite a few. As Daniel Hannan likes to point out, the American philosophy of liberty is really the traditional British conception, preserved overseas.
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I've seen people say results will be announced at 3:30 pm PST and others say it's 5 pm PST. Not sure which is correct.
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Ron Paul won Klickitat County with 38 out of about 150, and this was announced to the entire caucus. All the other candidates got about 30 to 35 votes.
Klickitat County had what was considered a good turnout...about 150. 149 were white and 95% were between 50 and 70. I think there was 2 young women there.
The caucus was extremely informal. I can see how elections are won and lost.
Stacks of ballots were passed down the rows. Voters took a ballot and passed the stack. The straw vote was check the box next to your candidate's name, and then the ballots were put in to baskets. I have no idea who did the counting or where.
My precinct awarded one Ron Paul supporter as a 1st level (county) delegate and myself as an alternate. The PCO and other delegate are older women who support Gingrich (amazing). Knowing a little about the process was important because we almost got steamed rolled. When the PCO asked for volunteer delegates the Gingrich supporter immediately raised her hand and her friend seconded her.
Only after the 2 delegates and alternates were chosen did someone ask the question, "Hey how do we know who these delegates support?". He was on older Romney supporter who didn't understand the process.
There needs to be a strong push for delegates to be thoroughly knowledgeable about Roberts Rules of Order. It was obvious that it was 2 camps against each other: the one camp that's been doing this for years and the second camp of Ron Paul supporters.
Klickitat County had what was considered a good turnout...about 150. 149 were white and 95% were between 50 and 70. I think there was 2 young women there.
The caucus was extremely informal. I can see how elections are won and lost.
Stacks of ballots were passed down the rows. Voters took a ballot and passed the stack. The straw vote was check the box next to your candidate's name, and then the ballots were put in to baskets. I have no idea who did the counting or where.
My precinct awarded one Ron Paul supporter as a 1st level (county) delegate and myself as an alternate. The PCO and other delegate are older women who support Gingrich (amazing). Knowing a little about the process was important because we almost got steamed rolled. When the PCO asked for volunteer delegates the Gingrich supporter immediately raised her hand and her friend seconded her.
Only after the 2 delegates and alternates were chosen did someone ask the question, "Hey how do we know who these delegates support?". He was on older Romney supporter who didn't understand the process.
There needs to be a strong push for delegates to be thoroughly knowledgeable about Roberts Rules of Order. It was obvious that it was 2 camps against each other: the one camp that's been doing this for years and the second camp of Ron Paul supporters.
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Saying nice things, I hope?
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"There needs to be a strong push for delegates to be thoroughly knowledgeable about Roberts Rules of Order. It was obvious that it was 2 camps against each other: the one camp that's been doing this for years and the second camp of Ron Paul supporters. "
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So far, so good. Although FNC couldn't resist the tagline of "Ron Paul needs to win a state soon, or..."
They painted in a favorable light the fact that RP was the only Republican candidate in Washington, with a relatively large amount of delegates at stake (I think FNC said 43), although of course this also contains the implication that he will win because he campaigned more there (it seems that a lot of the media likes to think that the candidate who campaigns "the best" usually wins)
I have perceived a slow shift in the perspective of the mainstream media since the Maine votes. I think Dr. Paul's performance in the AZ debate had a subtle effect on MSM reporting also.
They were talking about how this could be Ron's first win. I don't know what to think about this.
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Are there any RP supporters in the WA state GOP?
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