I'm Confused about Nevada, Can someone explain and set my fears aside?

I know this is probably going to piss people off, so please understand, it's not meant to.... I don't know the whole situation, so I'd appreciate anyone who can explain/answer my questions/concerns.... However, I would hate for us all to get overexcited and thus lose focus on the greater task at hand (the Campaign for Liberty).... Besides, we're going to need the Campaign for Liberty and a strong effort with it now if a miracle occurs and Ron Paul somehow wins the nomination....

First of all, Congratulations to everyone in Nevada. It's great that you were able to pull off your convention and finish what the party was pathetically and incompetently unable to....

However, I have a few questions and concerns.

1. I heard that you guys met a quorum, but you only had something like 370 delegates? Isn't a quorum around 670?

2. Whether your convention was legal or not is sort of irrelevant.... The state party ended the first convention illegally and broke the rules, so even if you're in the right, who's to say they're going to start following the rules now and let you have this?

I don't mean to be a negative Nancy.... but this is what I'm afraid of:

-the cards are stacked against us. The RNC and state party probably will not honor this convention or the delegates (I'm afraid of what they'll do to punish us.... what if they take away delegates or something? We've already seen that they don't play fair).

-we need the majority of 5 states, and right now we don't even necessarily have one.

-delegates who are party elites/McCain supporters will not change their votes.

-the party itself will not allow McCain to be denied the nomination as long as he continues as the candidate.

Basically, the way I see it, we're going to need a miracle if we want the nomination. No way will the party take the nomination from McCain as long as he remains in the race.... so something has to happen to him.... he has to die, drop out (maybe for health reasons, or waking up to reality that he's going to lose). We need some situation where McCain is taken out of the picture and the slate is cleaned and we can have an even playing field. That's the only way we're ever going to have a shot. To be honest, we have no power over something like that happening. If it's meant to be, then it'll happen.

Let's focus on spreading the message and campaigning right now. If the miracle happens and Ron gets the nomination he'll need a strong base to stand a chance. So we need to build that base by working hard for the Campaign for Liberty. And, if it doesn't happen, at least we will have spread the message even further.

We should also continue to educate and reach out to the delegates (those DVDs/info packets sound like a good idea)....

And of course, give it our best at all the conventions....

But, let's keep our eye on the ball and not go crazy over Nevada... I congratulate everyone out there, but unfortunately, I fear your efforts may have been in vain.... You did your best, and you did great and we're all appreciative, but we haven't won yet, and we still have to fight the state party/RNC.... so just don't get your hopes up, if we do, we're likely to stumble, and if we stumble, we'll be helpless and unable to act when that miracle in St. Paul comes.