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I feel a definite shift coming.
Whats this? I thought Romney could not carry a Southern State. Looks like some Freepers are wrong again.
I heard that Huckabee has already pulled back some in Florida. If Romney takes Louisiana tonight, it will be due to his marvelous organization, and determination to succeed. With Fred out of the race (who has my everlasting thanks for having run his dignified campaign as a conservative and adult), Mitt is going to be much stronger in FL as well.
And his statement on Fred’s withdrawal was very classy, too.
Guys, I’m going to say this was some reservation...
Apparently the two parties that are out in full force tonight are Mitt Romney and.... Ron Paul.
Apparently 600 people showed up at a Paul gathering in Baton Rouge. Yes, a college town. But according to sources, the concensus is that Romney and Paul are the most visible.
States like this with little press coverage worry me a bit...
Perhaps too much.
But recall Paul got 2nd in Nevada....
Ronald Reagan Wins Louisiana Caucus Posted by Nick Bradley at 08:56 AM
According to the Shreveport Times, the Pro-Life/Pro-Family ticket won in all 7 districts last night. All non-Paul candidates pooled their delegates into a single delegate slate: Huck, Romney, Benito, McCain, Thompson. However, from what I've read at RonPaulForums, at least half of Paul's supporters had to cast "provisional ballots" because they registered jsut before the 30 November deadline.
And what about Reagan? Well, this is the handout for the Pro-Life/Pro-Family delegate slate; It has a photo of Ron and Nancy Reagan and says "win one for the gipper." This is a new low for the rest of the field, but it is what it is and I am not suprised one bit.
Non-Paul candidates also pooled their resources in Wyoming, where Paul was actually ahead on some of the first ballots, but supporters of the various neocon candidates pooled their support to win the county.
On the plus side:
1. The coalition delegate slate will be split 4 ways at the state convention, and Paul may have more than any one candidate.
2. Paul supposedly has most of the alternate delegate slots, most of which were uncontested. So if somebody doesn't show up or is ruled ineligible, a Paul delegate can step up.
So it sounds like the 'Anybody But Ron Paul' coalition won the battle, but maybe not the war. Nice.
Thanks for the ping! I heard because of the lack of funding that the Huckster will have to give up his jet plane. It’s going to be hard to be president without a plane. He’ll have to fly around like everybody else or take the bus. The Huckster truly is the poor people’s candidate.