Everyone knows Rick Santorum won the La. GOP Primary. What most people don’t know is the Primary is just a dog and pony show.
The vote that counts will be on April 28th a Saturday from 8:30am till noon. Most people don’t know that. I live in Louisiana and I haven’t heard anything on the local news. The polling places are not the same as in the primary and are subject to change even at this late date. If you are a Registered Republcan and live in La you are elegible to vote in the Rep caucus. Voter turnout is bound to be very low. Santorum is out of the race and Romney is about as exciting as one of those drug commercials (a short list of benefits and a long list of side effects).
If you want Dr. Paul on the ballot it’s very important to vote in this caucus. You will be able to vote for 25 delegates and 12 alternate delegates. Ron Paul supporters will have a table at each polling location and they will have a full slate of delegates for you to choose.http://lagop.com/2012/03/2012-caucus-locations/ Go here for the polling place near you. Ultimately the delegates will chose who runs for President on the GOP ticket. Since I believe Dr Paul’s supporters tend to be more informed and dedicated than the average Republican I expect them to sweep the State. If you qualify to vote in this caucus please take a half hour on Saturday April 28th and vote.
My name is Bill Smith. I’ll be on the ballot in the 1st Congressional district of Louisiana as an alternate delegate. If I can help or if you would like to join the growing list of Ron Paul supporters please call me at (985) 201-1804 or email me at billsmith3737@yahoo.com.
The numbers reported by one our local news stations..after first saying Romney the likely candidate for the Republican party blah blah blah was drum roll…111 Ron Paul out of 150 elected delegates. I want to thank everyone that helped to spread the message in Louisiana and I encourage you to help in your home state.
Ron Paul Wins Louisiana Caucus#### 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
My fears about reporting on district conventions to go to state vs the state convention itself was confirmed in that Wead blog. I think Paul supporters want to get any any positive campaign information, for the sake of public relations, so bad that they are willing to forego the ultimate quality and/or relevance of the news in order to do so.
He got the necessary half in Washington although there are no numbers provided. (Nixed; wrong)
It looks as if Massachusetts delegates are split in favor of Paul by more than half…although, again, there is little acutal information provided. I f***** hate “journalists.” Just give me the numbers, that is all they have to do and yet I must type this in frustration at their “journalistic liberties.”
Is it true that delegates can refrain/abstain from voting in the first round? If so, then it is assured that Romney’s delegate counts will be higher than they will turn out. “Sleeper cell delegate coup.” (Please don’t arrest me for that phrase FBI DoHS web trolls)
Is there an unofficial website keeping track of all the “actual” delegate numbers? I’ve only seen articles talking about one or two states at a time.
I’m surprised it’s even possible for 6% of the popular vote to translate into a majority of delegates. I can see why someone who holds democracy as an ideal would consider it to be undermined by this result. Maybe it’s different though when it’s an internal party election. If there was that large a discrepancy between the popular vote count and the winner of the actual election (i.e. larger than BushvGore), I imagine those who love democracy would be in uproar about it - and understandably so.
I wish. I haven’t even heard of such a thing. My guess is it’s too hard to maintain something like that because you would literally need to be in communication with all those individual areas…possibly down to the district level.
Yeah that’s about right. This goes into it. But hey. The Ron Paul campaign didn’t make the rules. Those whiners’ precious GOP did. Paul campaign is just playing by them.
That’s what I love so much about it. They set up the rules to be so ridiculously cumbersome that people won’t bother with it, then Paul supporters actually do bother with learning their bullshit and end up beating them in their own system and all of a sudden party loyalists are all pissed off.
RULE NO. 2. Membership in Convention. The membership of the state convention shall
consist of delegates and alternate delegates.
(a) Delegates and alternate delegates elected at District Caucuses. There shall be Twenty
five (25) delegates at large from each of the congressional districts, elected at the District
Caucuses. There shall be Twelve (12) alternate delegates at large from each of the
congressional districts, elected at the District Caucuses.
(b) Delegates and alternate delegates elected by the Louisiana Republican State Central
Committee. There shall be five (5) delegates at large from each of the congressional
districts, elected by the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee members from the
respective congressional districts. There shall be two (2) alternate delegates at large from
each of the congressional Districts, elected by the Louisiana Republican State Central
Committee members from the respective congressional districts
The Republican State Central Committee are a buch of party hacks elected to 4 and 2 year terms. Probably all Romneyites.
(b) In each election: (1) any delegate or alternate delegate may place a name in nomination,
except as provided in paragraph (e) below. Seconds are not required; (2) the candidates
with the highest votes shall be declared elected, except that if there is a tie for the final
position, a second vote shall be conducted between those receiving the tie votes. If there is a
second tie vote, a coin toss shall determine the winner.
(c) Each District shall elect three (3) delegates and three (3) alternate delegates in separate
elections conducted during the state convention at the time, manner and place and set forth
in the order of business of the convention, after which the roll of the districts shall be called
and the names of each of the three (3) Delegates and three (3) alternate delegates for each
district announced and declared elected.
The RP delegates elected on Saturday will only be able to vote in 3 delegates and 3 alternates from each district. Party hacks vote for 5 and 2
(b) At Large Delegates elected in accordance with Rule 19 (d) shall be allocated to a
Presidential candidate only if a candidate receives at least 25% of votes in the Presidential
Preference Primary. If a candidate receives at least 25% of the votes in the Presidential
Preference Primary, that candidate shall be allocated at large delegates in proportion to the
percentage of the votes received, rounded to the nearest delegate. If no candidate receives at
least 25% of the votes in the Presidential Preference Primary, such at large delegates are
designated as uncommitted. All other at large delegates shall be allocated and designated
as uncommitted.
Romney got 26.7% of the Presidential preference primary.
Sorry you had to wade through all the Rep party BS. Point is there’s still a lot of wiggle room built in all in favor of the hacks.
Um. That is fricking awesome. We gotta spread that around. If we can get it up at the Ron Paul Forums and DailyPaul, it would bring a lot of traffic (and new members) to the Mises Wiki.
It’s very important to get the word out now. The fight isn’t over it’s just beginning.
While Obama and Romney are busy with their mud fight. Ron Paul can emerge from the Rep Convention with a clean white shirt and a solid base. The Main street media will have to acknowledge Dr. Paul then. By then it may be too late, the only horse they have left in the race will be stuck in the mud.
