The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Ron Paul Wins Louisiana Caucus Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:53am EDT
Wins four and a half of six congressional district caucuses, securing 111 of 150 or 74 percent of delegates elected yesterday to the state convention
Supporters of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul won yesterday’s Louisiana caucus, securing an overwhelming majority of winnable delegates to the June Republican state convention that will affect the weight of the Paul delegation to the August Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Preliminary results from the Louisiana Republican Party indicate that Ron Paul supporters won majorities in Congressional Districts 1, 2, 5, and 6, with a narrow decision having occurred in District 4. This means Ron Paul supporters won about four and a half of the six Congressional District caucus conventions held yesterday.
In each CD the top 25 delegates will go to the state convention on June 2nd in Shreveport. Yesterday, 111 out of 150 or 74 percent of delegates elected today were in fact Ron Paul delegates. The Louisiana state GOP soon will award 30 additional delegates.
A "conservative slate" ran a partially combined slate with establishment-moderate Mitt Romney in CDs 1, 2 and 4. In each of those districts Ron Paul supporters required more votes than all of their opponents
So, who is reporting the right info ~ Reuters or RealClearPolitics? A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. ~ H.L. Mencken
So, who is reporting the right info ~ Reuters or RealClearPolitics?
The fact the state delegates don't get chosen till June should be proof of how much BS RealClearPolitics is, where the hell did they pull those numbers from. The district delegates will decide the states delegates and from what we know right now Paul supporters have the majority of the district delegates, for them to throw out a number is purely speculation and a bad one at that.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Despite a disappointing third place finish in the March 6 Alaska caucuses, Ron Paul is looking like a winner there: A Paul supporter was voted in as the new GOP chairman Saturday at the state convention.
It's more evidence of the political maturation of the Paul forces, who are beginning to seize the levers of powers from within state parties.
From the Alaska Dispatch:
This weekend, it was the young, sometimes bedraggled but always politically strident and not always so polite, supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul who were certain that if they were in charge of the party, Alaska and the country would be a better place.
And now they’ll get their chance to prove it.
After at least 12 years of the Alaska GOP being run by what those party newcomers call “establishment Republicans,” a new force is taking over: Alaska Republicans voted Russ Millete as the party’s new chairman and Debbie Holland-Brown as co-chair. They are both supporters of presidential candidate Rob Paul.
There are signs that this might not be the smoothest of transitions -- the Dispatch reports "the state GOP transferred all, or nearly all, of its roughly $100,000 to the local Capital City Republicans in Juneau" in advance of the vote.
It was a tough weekend all around for the GOP establishment in Anchorage -- from this KTUU report, it looks like Sen. Lisa Murkowski also had a rough go of it at the convention.
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RealClearPolitics Delegate Count For Alaska.
Romney = 8 Santorum = 8 Gingrich = 2 Paul = 6
How did Paul supporters vote in a new state GOP Chairman when RealClearPolitics shows he has very little support? But hey, what do I know...Keep on footnoting RealClearPolitics delegate counts. The AP and RealClearPolitics delegate count is the standard bearer of truth.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Box did a wonderful job pointing out how nearly all newspapers of "record" don't know what the hell they are talking about. The fact the counts are all different should be an indicator that it isn't factual. C'mon box, you're a science guy, you should know this.
Box did a wonderful job pointing out how nearly all newspapers of "record" don't know what the hell they are talking about. The fact the counts are all different should be an indicator that it isn't factual. C'mon box, you're a science guy, you should know this. You have a lot of FAITH in your newspapers.
The best part is ~ in all the additional sources Box provided ~ THEY STILL REPORTED RON PAUL WITH ZERO DELEGATES IN LOUISIANA. >
Box did a wonderful job pointing out how nearly all newspapers of "record" don't know what the hell they are talking about. The fact the counts are all different should be an indicator that it isn't factual. C'mon box, you're a science guy, you should know this.
It isn't 'science' Cicero. It,s an estimate of course... But you already know that.
It will be interesting to see who was closer estimating the actual totals. Most are within a few votes. But there always a few extremists who manage to invent delegates where none exist.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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