So, reassure me. What are the chances of a brokered convention?
Based on the precinct caucuses, 17 delegates were projected for Santorum, 14 for Romney and 1 for Paul. Romney picked up 2 more than projected. This is not impressive for the now presumptive nominee of the party. Still, there is more to go on at the National Convention than nominate a presidential and vice presidential candidate. There is also the national platform. Wile Romney has now bought into the Ryan budget on economic issues, and has given lip service on social issues, it is important that the party remains a conservative party as defined by the platform. Obviously, there will always be a range of views on the issues addressed in the platform, and our party will have some moderates and libertarians in addition to conservatives. But, we want to keep the party centered where it currently is, not drift into socialism along with the country.
“Former Congressman Bob Beauprez and former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown, both Romney supporters, were the top two vote getters.”
“Romney supporters realized they couldn’t dilute their vote and had to stick with their slate, although plenty of other Romney backers were running as delegates, said Attorney General John Suthers.
“The wake-up call was how much discipline you have to have when you have a slate,” said Suthers, a Romney delegate.”
These excerpts from the article identify some GOP-e supporters, which both confirms the existence of it and names some names for once. One longterm benefit of this sorry state of affairs is that the liberals within have to come out into the open to support their liberal, and those opposed to nominating gungrabbing liberals who support gay marriage and socialized medicine should take note of who these people are.
http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results?gclid=CIn6pvHh064CFSwDQAodX3ZPeQ
I wonder why nobody has noticed that the onerous Romney has now been steadfastly maintaining a delegate count of “666”?
A colossal waste of time, energy and money.
This vain exercise and the whole Republican nominating process this year.
The fruit of it all is Mitt Romney and the Romney Republican Party, and you can tell a tree by its fruit.