The primaries are not binding. Mitt has been counting his chickens before they are hatched, and so have most people in the media. But two days ago, Fox News admitted that Ron Paul will be there, at the convention, and will have someone place his name in nomination. (Unless he trades that away, and he'd have to get a real ironclad concession out of Romney before he would do any such thing.)
No guarantees, but after all, if Warren G. Harding could do it, why couldn't Ron Paul?
Then it will be up to him.
Could Ron Paul win the GOP nomination after all?
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On Thursday evening, Ron Paul stunned the media again: he won most of the delegate votes in Washington State. IB Times tells how significant this is:
Washington is now the third state, after Iowa and Minnesota, in which Ron Paul
has locked up at least half of the state’s nominating delegates. In
order to be officially entered in nomination at the Tampa, Fla.,
convention, he needs to secure half or more of the delegates in five
states, and as of Thursday, he looks poised to grab a majority of
delegates in other states like North Dakota and Maine in coming weeks.
Rob Richie and Elise Helgesen, at Politico.com, said
as far back as November 25 of last year that the Republicans might not
nominate a candidate in one ballot. They discussed whether the rules
let States move their primaries up. But those same rules made the
primaries largely non-binding. And Rule 40, paragraph b, clearly says
how many State majorities a candidate needs to be on the ballot:
Each candidate for nomination for President of the United
States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the
support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five (5) or more
states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that
candidate for nomination.
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have both suspended their campaigns.
They have done this so that they can raise money to pay off their
staggering campaign debts. But neither man has released any delegates actually bound to him. Furthermore, Ron Paul has taken delegate slots that Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich might have gotten. And unlike Gingrich and Santorum, Ron Paul is not in debt. He has two million dollars in cash on hand.
Historical precedent
In 1920, Warren G. Harding came to the Republican National Convention
with six percent of the delegates, less than any other candidate. Ten
ballots later, the convention nominated him with 70 percent of the vote. He went on to defeat Democrat James Cox in a landslide.
Ron Paul hopes to do today what Warren Harding did 92 years ago. And
he will start with a higher proportion of delegates than Harding had.
See also this video of Ron Paul as a guest host on CNBC.
Read More: http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2012/04/28...
The alternative we are offered is an out of touch billionaire, flip flopper who is desperately trying to distance himself from Romney Care!
A man who has manipulated the tax system in order to pay as little as possible!
A candidate whose Mormonism is a mongrel heresy of the Christian message of salvation through the saving grace of Jesus Christ alone!
MR knows how to strip a company and sack workers!
MR spends most of his time looking for tax loop holes for his personal use!
MR is a flip flopper!
His religion should be a big issue for the Christian Right because it is not Christian!
If religion doesn't matter why have so many conservatives on SH lied about Obama's?
"Muslims want government ruled by religion, Islam"
I am sure that would be true of many conservative Muslims, but I doubt that holds true for all!
The average young person for example in Iran would love to have a more democratically controlled country.
Turkey is an Islamic country which is not a theocracy!
The reason I really don't bother to respond to conservatives with anything other than a generic response is because there is no point in engaging a closed mind!
The conservative lie which you have repeated that Obama is a Muslim has become really boring!
If want to cling to you conservative prejudices about Obama that is your right please don't expect me to engage you in that nonsense ad nauseam!
Evangelicals turn to Ron Paul
http://www.conservativeaction...
Once the primaries are over, the whole game changes. There won't be that many delegates at the convention who will be free to switch their votes, barring their candidate dropping out.
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