Who else are they gonna vote for/campaign under? If you remove the loonies from the Rebublican party you still have a formidable counterbalance for the Democrats except it won’t embarass itself as often, and if the loonies want anything like a political voice they’ll still vote Republican.
He’ll be 81 in 2016. I think they’ll try to go with the one with the dead squirrel on his head, Rand Paul.
That’s correct. But tropical storms, especially slow moving ones can really drop the rain and seeing how we’re at or close to saturation level now, it could really be a big mess.
Right now there’s a depression heading towards the Lesser Antilles which should be TS Isaac by later on today. The spaghetti models are all over the place with this one.
Fine, but if they try to do anything with that at the convention, that would not be a floor fight; that would be a meltdown. It would shatter what momentum Romney has going into November.
And why is it all right whereas the opposite (Republicans doing similar) is not?
I’m not making a prediction. If I was I’d probably agree with you. Im just saying it could be possible according to the rules. Ron Paul delegates have had an outsized influence at many state conventions. It’s not entirely impossible that they attempt some kind of stunt in Tampa.
I don’t care about Romney’s momentum. I just want to be entertained. While the Paul delegates will not have the numbers for a floor fight, they may have the numbers to put his name into nomination. This would guarantee him a speaking role.
What federal law?
Of course even if the Massachusetts angle doesn’t pan out, Paul delegates still hold the majority in 5 states if the Maine or Louisiana delegation manage to be seated.
May I ask how Ron Paul, earning a majority of delegates in those states despite capturing a negligible share of the vote, is considered democracy?
You’re trying to bring logic into the discussion and Ron Paul supporters have never been real big on that.
Wikipedia has Paul with only five delegates to Romney’s 37 in Washington, and says those delegates are bound on the first ballot. The article that you link to dates from April, but the State convention, where the final delegates were chosen and their votes bound, only took place at the beginning of June, so I don’t see how that article can be correct.
I do not think its mathematically possible for Paul to meet the five state threshold to be nominated from the floor, even giving him Maine and LA.
According to that article, a majority of Nevada delegates are bound to vote for Romney on the first ballot.
Again, I don’t think Paul has a majority in the requisite five states. He has Iowa, Maine and Minnesota and maybe LA.
Kind of. I’m presenting facts that most people would apply logic to, in order to find out what happens with a RP supporter. I’m very curious about them, but apparently I’m not supposed to take them apart to find out how they work.
Very interesting. I wish your side the very best of luck in getting Paul’s name placed in nomination, having Paul speak, or what the heck even having Paul get the nomination. I mean this most sincerely.
The primaries in most of those states isn’t democratic, or supposed to be democratic. The primary is just a “preference poll”, the actual decision is made at caucus meetings and county and state party conventions.
The process being set up that way long predates Ron Paul.
There’s also going to be another Tea Party event for the folks not invited to speak at the main convention featuring Michele ‘Crazy Eyes’ Bachmann, Herb Cain, Judson Phillips and others on Sunday, August 26, 7 pm. Tickies are free for this event.
I would almost think about going but I’m afraid it’s just going to be a real mess especially with the parking.
Oh come on, the Civil War doesn’t long predate Ron Paul.
I concur, as I can think of nothing so beneficial to the Republic as the nomination of Ron Paul.
My reading of his “apology” is that he is apologizing for his use of the word “legitimate” not for his assertion that rape does not lead to pregnancy.