Paul beat out Gingrich in Illinois, yesterday.
What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
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There is no rational, logical, or physical description of how free will could exist. It therefore makes no sense to praise or condemn anyone on the grounds they are a free willed self that made one choice but could have chosen something else. There is no evidence that such a situation is possible in our Universe. Demonstrate otherwise and I will be thrilled.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
I believe they are pledged for the first ballot. After that, let the trading begin.
And that makes sense if there is no first ballot winner.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
Originally posted by Glen LonginoWhat difference will that make for Ron Paul? None?Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
There's only going to be one round.
Romney needs 581 more delegates to clinch the nomination. The combined forces of Not-Romney need 693 to get to a second round.
Up to now, Not-Romney has been getting 20% fewer votes than Romney.... you think they're suddenly going to outpace him by 20%?Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
There's only going to be one round.
Romney needs 581 more delegates to clinch the nomination. The combined forces of Not-Romney need 693 to get to a second round.
Up to now, Not-Romney has been getting 20% fewer votes than Romney.... you think they're suddenly going to outpace him by 20%?
Do you even understand conditional delegate rules? It seems not. Stop watching the TV and read. Romney does not have a lock, Far from it. You almost as bad as Wadd these days.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
Looking at the March states and matching 2012 to 2008, the most frequent response to the rules changes was for states to tack on a conditional element to their allocation rules. Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia — all Super Tuesday states — added a conditional element to their allocation rules. Winner-take-all allocation is dependent upon a candidate receiving over 50% of the vote, statewide and/or on the congressional district level. This is an important point. That 50% threshold is really going to play a role if the field has been winnowed down to just two candidates. Actually, FHQ has made this point before: The fewer candidates there are, the more likely it is that someone breaks 50% of the vote, and subsequently takes all the delegates in any of these conditional states. Those January/February states become very important. In fact, that lull throughout much of February may be a killer for any candidate clinging to just a modicum of viability at that point. Voters will start limiting their choices to those who are most likely to win and if the likes of Bachmann and Santorum and whoever are not already out, that stretch will be very difficult to survive through.
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
That doesn't change anything.
No one is getting over 50%, the delegates are being allocated (roughly) proportionally --- and yet Romney still has 25% more candidates than all of his rivals combined.
Ron Paul has less than one tenth as many delegates as Romney.
It ain't going to happen.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
Gonna be an uproarious convention. The Paulistas have shown little ability to attract even a sizable minority in a stand-up vote but they are able to attract devotedly in-your-face people to the caucuses some of whom will survive the winnowing process to become national delagates where their causus floor tactics will at least raise the noise to signal ration.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
Gonna be an uproarious convention. The Paulistas have shown little ability to attract even a sizable minority in a stand-up vote but they are able to attract devotedly in-your-face people to the caucuses some of whom will survive the winnowing process to become national delagates where their causus floor tactics will at least raise the noise to signal ration.Comment
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Re: What happened to the Ron Paul revolution?
In fact, that lull throughout much of February may be a killer for any candidate clinging to just a modicum of viability at that point.Gerard>
Albuquerque, NM
Next election, vote against EVERY Republican, for EVERY office, at EVERY level. Be patriotic, save the country.Comment
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