GOP Delegate Tracker Following the results of the 2012 Republican primaries and caucuses. Threshold for nomination: 1,144 delegates
Romney Total: 33 delegates 294,616 votes total
Gingrich Total: 25 delegates 282,727 votes total
Santorum Total: 14 delegates 155,256 votes total
Paul Total: 4 delegates 160,877 votes total
And some still believe that Paul can actually win?
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
Nobody will have 1144 delegates by the convention = open convention. The other three candidates will NEED Paul's delegates to reach 1144. Paul wins by possibly winning the nomination, but more importantly, by changing the party for a generation to come.
Nobody will have 1144 delegates by the convention = open convention. The other three candidates will NEED Paul's delegates to reach 1144. Paul wins by possibly winning the nomination, but more importantly changing the party for a generation to come.
Star Trek was a successful science fiction series created by Gene Roddenberry in the mid 1960's. It was a work of FICTION... not REAL... IMAGINARY... Much like the chances of Ron Paul ever being President of the USA.
If all other contenders were to die and Obama resigned... Ron Paul would still have a very difficult time becoming the President of the USA.
Follow your dream if you want to, but don't expect any one here to take you seriously if you actually believe Paul will win a brokered convention.
Abe Lincoln was nominated with a brokered convention. Since all other contenders were locked in a battle and none would release their delegates to the other... a neutral candidate that was "acceptable to all" (Lincoln) was nominated.
Ron Paul is NOT a "neutral candidate"... and... Paul is "acceptable to NONE".
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
Do you know why it's called the 'Lincoln-Douglas' debate?
Ron Paul was late and they needed a substitute
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
“Memo to the Republican Establishment” (James Carville)
“Let me break it to you gently — you’ve got a first-class disaster on your hands.”
“It’s been a terrible time to be a Republican,” he says, then runs down a laundry-list of gaffes and blunders from the Republican campaign process that he says have caused him “great joy.”
He begins with the “Tea Party Gang” in South Carolina, who booed the golden rule. “They just aren’t buying any of that do-unto-others garbage.”
He touches briefly on the implosion of “Herm” Cain (as Sarah Palin calls him), and points out that Cain’s former campaign manager “is the only person in the history of the world that was actually barred from political consulting.”
Mitt Romney, Carville says, should be a dream candidate for the Republicans, “methodical, meticulous, married once,” except that he has repeatedly, publicly fumbled on the question of financial disclosures, a question that “everyone knew was coming.”
This series of failures by the race’s heavyweights has cleared the way for Newt Gingrich, a state of affairs that delights Carville. “I cannot personally tell you how pleased I am,” he says, “to see old Newt rise to the top after listening to all of your nauseating, sickening lectures on the evils of government and the importance of family values.”
Thrice-married Newt, he reminds Republicans, has yet to adequately explain what Freddie Mac paid him $1.6 million to do. He wishes them luck, but urges them to enjoy the Superbowl, “It could be your last hurrah for a while.”
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
This will be an interesting election!!! The main stream media is 'hard at work' doing their own campaigning!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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