Posted on 04/09/2012 8:34:14 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
Munisteri explained that he has always been a supporter of Winner Take All. [Winner Take All – WTA -- means that all 152 Texas Republican delegates would be awarded to the winner of the Texas Republican primary; proportional means that the number of delegates would be awarded proportionally among the various candidates.]
Munisteri said that Texas has the second most Republican delegates (second to California), more than 3 X the number from Florida, and 6 X more than the number from South Carolina. He believes if Texas moves to WTA that our state will stop being ignored as inconsequential and that Texas can play a big part in the final selection of our Presidential nominee.
Munisteri said it takes 15 of 62 SREC members to request an emergency meeting. He stated that he believes the SREC/WTA supporters already have the 15, but they are making sure they have a two-thirds majority before submitting their formal request to him to schedule the meeting. Munisteri believes there is already a majority of the SREC members who want WTA.
RPT Chair Munisteri said that if Santorum wins Pennsylvania, he has a good chance of conceivably winning seven more states in May (e.g., Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, West Virginia, North Carolina).
Munisteri said the delegate count of 650 that is often stated by the media and the Romney camp is at least 100 delegates too high because they are using projections from caucuses instead of actual selected delegates.
Because Romney has refused to participate in the Texas Presidential candidate debate, Munisteri believes this is what has upset Texas voters and has prompted the push for WTA.
Munisteri reminded the listening audience that in 2008, Obama and Hillary battled it out until June before settling on Obama. In 1976 the choice of Ronald Reagan as the Republican nominee went right down to the final vote on the convention floor.
Chairman Munisteri said that even though states had to submit their rules to the Republican National Committee back in October 1, 2011, a waiver from those rules could be sought by vote of the RNC Executive Committee.
Munisteri went on to explain that it was the RNC that forced Texas to move to proportional from its previous delegate hybrid plan because the RNC wanted to punish Texas for scheduling its primaries in March. However, now that our primaries have been moved back to May 29, he believes it is fair to move our state back to its original rules. He explained that there can always be a floor fight at the National Convention to challenge the RNC’s credentials or rules committee; a successful challenge would mean the entire Texas delegation could be seated.
Brad Watson’s interview with Steve Munisteri is seven minutes long:
I agree with everything that Munisteri has to say, but WTA can’t be fairly enacted in the middle of a primary season, which is where we are at.
Sorry Steve.
I aint happening.
Surely as Tx RPC Steve understands that the RNC has set this election up so that there no WTA contests after super tues.
The RNC did not move the Tx primarys from mar to may.
The DOJ did!
The RNC (AKA, the GOP establishment elite) is in the tank for the liberal chameleon Mittens, so it will not approve any changes.
I believe the RNC has already made a statement to that effect.
What planet is this article from?
On this very day James Okeefe jammmed it up Holders keister over his DOJ denying Tx Voter ID.
They also thwarted us on redistricting.
It was Obamas DOJ that delayed the Tx primary, Not the RNC.
Munisteri seriously believes the RNC will throw Romney over board to make way for a Santorum win in Texas, a request on the fly, in the middle of a primary campaign, when their RINO candidate is finally approaching the home stretch for the win?
That’ll be the day, Buddy Holly said.
Hope springs eternal.
The TX primary was moved to the end of May due to the DOJ lawsuit over redistricting. Since RNC rules state that primaries held on or after April 1 are allowed to be WTA, the TX SREC is taking advantage of the hand it has been dealt and adjusting the primary rules.
See reply #11. He's not asking the RNC. He's stating what the Texas SREC intends to do. The TX Democrats would never have allowed the legislature to shift the primary from Super Tuesday in early March to April just to keep TX Republicans from being able to exercise the WTA option. Now that the DOJ redistricting lawsuit has forced the primary to be held three and a half months late, the TX GOP is just taking advantage of of the situation forced on it.
Got it.
Thank you for your patience and kind reply.
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