Comment: #1: By getting 1144 delegates

#1: By getting 1144 delegates to vote for them at the national convention
#2: The national convention
#3: I would consider an actual delegate to be someone who is pledged to support a candidate and is able to vote for that candidate in the first round. Really, I wouldn't like to call them actual delegates because I think there are probably a lot of people (based on the reports I have read) that are Ron Paul supporters who will be forced to vote for Mitt Romney on the first ballot. I know this is not true for every state (e.g., Iowa), but for some states, even if the delegates are Ron Paul supporters, they will still be forced to vote according to the primary results (unless if it is a caucus state, etc). I know Mitt Romney has quite a few virtual delegates (e.g., media gave him a bunch of delegates from caucus states that he didn't actually win), but if you look at a lot of the state rules (e.g., Texas), my opinion is that for a lot of states, these delegates will be bound to Mitt Romney in the first round, even if they are Ron Paul supporters.