Ron Paul National Delegate Count Now 42 or More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | February 6, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – With the results of many of the “Super Tuesday” primaries and caucuses now finalized, the Ron Paul campaign is now projecting that it has at least 42 delegates to the national convention secured.
While much of the focus in yesterday’s Super Tuesday contests focused on preference poll numbers, Ron Paul caucus-goers were focused on securing delegates to the national convention. With dedicated supporters and an organization focused purely on securing delegates, the campaign has secured more delegates to the national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul than caucus straw polls might otherwise suggest.
According to campaign projections, a minimum of 24 delegates were won in yesterday’s contests. When added to projected delegates coming from strong showings in Iowa (4), Nevada (8), Louisiana (3) and Maine (3), that brings the total delegate count to 42 delegates or more.
“Our goal has always been to walk into the national GOP convention with as many delegates as possible,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “The number of delegates we won yesterday could very well be the difference in a Convention where no one has a first-ballot majority. With Dr. Paul’s home state of Texas coming up, we feel we can enter the convention with a substantial number of delegates.”
In an agreement first reported by West Virginia television station WSAZ, three Ron Paul delegates were secured through an agreement with the Mike Huckabee campaign at the West Virginia state convention early Tuesday. Ron Paul delegates to the state convention swung their sizable support to Huckabee – putting Huckabee over the top – in exchange for the delegates.
According to campaign projections from last night’s results at least 3 delegates were won in Alaska, 5 delegates were won in North Dakota, 9 delegates were won in Minnesota, and 4 delegates were won in Colorado.
Additionally the results of the Louisiana Caucus may still change in favor of Ron Paul, where an ongoing legal challenge may result in most of that state’s delegates going towards Ron Paul after state GOP officials violated their own rules to improperly put delegates from other campaigns on the ballots.
missinformation !!!
PLEASE stop posting misinformation here!!! There is no count for Colorado... I know... I am working on the campaign here... We will not know how many delegates he will pick up until May 22-23!!! In my district (6 precincts) alone he picked up 12 (out of 20)!!! But they don't mean anything to the finial count - YET! On Feb 16th there will be the county assembly, where the numbers will be pared down and delegates vote for delegates to go to the district caucus, there it will be paired down further ad delegates vote for delegates to go to the state convention. THERE we will find out how many national delegates RP will get. I assume that this is the same in several other states, but I can only speak for Colorado... So stop posting stuff here when you have no clue what you are talking about!!!!
Bargaining for delegates
It sounds like the campaign made some deals for delegates, which is OK with me. Huck or Romney would have won WV anyway, better to throw the delegates behind Huckabee and actually get some delegates.
42 is a lot better than the 16 that the MSM was projecting.
If we can get about 100 delegates, Ron Paul may be able to make a splash at the convention, which is what I think is the most realistic impact we'll have at the convention. Likely it won't be brokered and McCain will go in with enough to carry it, but we'll see.
Hey! Keep the Donations Going!!!
I noticed Ron Paul's campaign donations are at a crawl! Ron Paul never reached his 8.4 million goal for Feb. 5th. Has our enthusiasm dropped? We can't stop giving now. The race is far from over.
I just heard on the news Obama raised 7.2 million since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night. It's all over the news. I'm sure that Obama will get lots of publicity from it. If we had done the same on the 5th, it certainly would of made a very special statement to the media & all those who think Ron Paul is finished.
http://www.newindpress.co...
If we can raise 6 million in one day, we certainly can raise another 3.2 million to help Ron Paul meet his goal. It's not too late.
I'm McLovin it
Sounds like the campaign is alive and kickin' and ultimately may be in a position to affect the debate at a brokered Republican National convention.
"Kuato" McCain might have a conniption on stage having to articulate his brain-dead positions. I'm McLovin it.
"We don't have to start a brand new revolution...All we have to do is restore the original Constitution." -Ron Paul
McLovin...
hahaha. I just saw Superbad. Might name one of my future children McLovin.
-Phil Hemingway III
Assignment for YouTubers
What we need is a head-to-head soundbite comparison of:
Ron Paul vs. Hillary
Ron Paul vs. Obama
McCain vs. Hillary
McCain vs. Obama
Huckabee vs. Obama
Romney vs. Hillary
To be used by delegates at the national convention to show how Ron Paul would be the winner.
Start thinking about how you'd make that sale, new.
IMissLiberty
HOW TO...merge other youtube or video clips
If anyone knows how to:
1. Merge other people's YouTube clips into a new one, or if you can't do that, then how to...
2. Do a recording of the TV clips and make a new one. I've seen people "film" the TV itself, but it isn't a good clip. Then, I've seen others do a great TV recording. I don't know how to do that.
3. How to merge a DVD movie video clip into a new one. I have DVD movies I"d like to do this with.
Any help is appreciated....as there is only so much one can do with just a video camera.
Thanks
It depends
On a Mac, I use a program called Cinematize to rip portions from DVDs, an iMovie to assemble them, which then outputs the files one can upload to YouTube. You can likewise download YouTube vids and edit them/splice them in iMovie.