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Romney Ahead in Wyoming
Associated Press ^ | January 5, 2008 | Staff

Posted on 01/05/2008 11:43:05 AM PST by citizen

CASPER, Wyo. — Mitt Romney grabbed the early lead in Wyoming’s Republican caucuses Saturday as the state had its brief moment in the political spotlight sandwiched between attention-getting contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

The former Massachusetts governor gained the first four delegates while California Rep. Duncan Hunter won a fifth.

Romney easily led the overall vote with more than 50 percent. Hunter was second with 21 percent and Fred Thompson, who hadn’t won any delegates, was third with 17 percent. Results were expected throughout the day.

(Excerpt) Read more at youdecide08.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: 2008; duncanhunter; election; fredthompson; romney; wy2008; wyoming
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To: buschbaby

Watch out, my best friend in high school was LDS, and now I am. :o)

How big is the LDS community where you are?

I agree about Mitt. I’m one of the handful of Utah Mormons not supporting him...but if he miraculously gets the nomination, I’ll vote for him over whoever the Dems put up.


101 posted on 01/05/2008 12:55:09 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (A Black Belt in the Art of Babble.)
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To: ComeUpHigher; Extremely Extreme Extremist; citizen

About 7-8%. But what they DO have in large percent is conservatives. Nobody will be dismissing THIS vote as a bunch of northern liberals like they will New Hampshire.


102 posted on 01/05/2008 12:55:39 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Dan(9698)

I’d put people from WY up against people from any other state anytime. Great people, Great State!


103 posted on 01/05/2008 12:55:43 PM PST by landerwy (Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!)
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To: Callahan
...a “true conservative” doesn’t count for crap...

If so this country is in deep trouble.

104 posted on 01/05/2008 12:57:34 PM PST by McGruff (A "Big Time" Fred Thompson supporter!)
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To: elhombrelibre

Right, I’m just saying that if most of the state is Republican to begin with, and the LDS population in WY is only 10%, then the LDS influence in the Republican Partyy in WY won’t be *huge.* Significant, but still a minority.


105 posted on 01/05/2008 12:57:43 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (A Black Belt in the Art of Babble.)
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To: Choose Ye This Day
Yeah, Looks like Bush got about 70% in 04

Wyoming Results

106 posted on 01/05/2008 12:57:59 PM PST by miner89 (Wherever you go, there you are)
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To: citizen

Romney now has 15 delegates (9 from IA and 6 from WY)

Huckabee is still stuck on 13 delegates (all from IA)

Thompson has 6 delegates (5 from Iowa and 1 from WY)

McCain has 5 delegates (all from IA)

Paul has 4 delegates (all from IA)

Hunter has 1 delegate (from WY)

Giuliani has 1 delegate (from IA)

(NH is a proportional primary...which means that the 12 delegates are split proportionally. Even if McCain wins NH, he’ll still have fewer total delegates than Romney and Huckabee.)


107 posted on 01/05/2008 12:59:08 PM PST by bw17
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Probably a mis-report eariler.

The delegate count really isn’t a good measure of the margin of support for each candidate, since each delegate is picked at a convention that is winner-take-all. Romney could end up with 75% of the delegates, but as the original report noted, he had about 51% support at the conventions.

I suppose he could also end up with less than 50% of the delegates, if at all the conventions where he doesn’t have 50%, all the Thompson and Hunter supporters decided to support each other.


108 posted on 01/05/2008 12:59:20 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: landerwy

I live in Riverton, Wyoming.

I can only count to ten in the winter. :-)


109 posted on 01/05/2008 12:59:27 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: miner89
Yours is a very good point, and it’s worth remembering that Jewish American voters are probably only 3% of the US vote. Yet because of their willingness to donate money, their willingness to participate at all levels in politics, and their tendency to vote (that is nearly all of them vote), they have a huge influence beyond their small numbers. So for people to think that LDS in Wyoming, who are probably a 1/3 of the Republican vote, can’t sway an election is really missing all of the elements of what people banding together during elections can do.
110 posted on 01/05/2008 1:00:27 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity. Ron Paul: al Qaeda's puppet and mouthpiece.)
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To: McGruff
...a “true conservative” doesn’t count for crap...

If so this country is in deep trouble.

And it is. In deep. deep trouble.

111 posted on 01/05/2008 1:00:34 PM PST by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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To: Petronski

I guess Byron missed the article yesterday that pointed out that while Romney’s platform IS about change, the way he’s been presenting it didn’t exude that message of change — and that in order to communicate that more effectively, Romney really needed to start saying it.

So it seems that, if Romney is now saying it, it’s because the Iowa result showed that the message needed to be spoken more clearly.

It’s never “transparent” to see where your campaign isn’t communicating effectively, and try to fix it.

That’s like saying it’s “transparent” that Fred realised he could win in Iowa so he suddenly showed up with a bus and a tour. :-)


112 posted on 01/05/2008 1:02:07 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: McGruff

That is my take too. From what I have seen Fred has the right views and he is getting nowhere. I’m LDS and Mitt troubles me because of his social positions in the past which in my view were anti-LDS.

I fear for our country.


113 posted on 01/05/2008 1:03:23 PM PST by landerwy (Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!)
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To: miner89
I think Bush got 90% in Utah, so Wyoming is not as red.
114 posted on 01/05/2008 1:04:38 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity. Ron Paul: al Qaeda's puppet and mouthpiece.)
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To: All

Currently Fred is at 13% with 3 delegates with 95% of the vote in


115 posted on 01/05/2008 1:05:12 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
It’s never “transparent” to see where your campaign isn’t communicating effectively, and try to fix it.

Or if your core values don't appeal to the core of your party, or if you're caught in a shabby lie, or the winds shift ever so slghtly, or whatever:

CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE!

116 posted on 01/05/2008 1:05:30 PM PST by Petronski (Willard Myth Romney: 51% negatives)
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To: landerwy
If Mitt troubles you, you must be apoplectic about fellow LDS member Harry Reid.
117 posted on 01/05/2008 1:06:20 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Al Qaeda: enemy of civilization and humanity. Ron Paul: al Qaeda's puppet and mouthpiece.)
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To: citizen

I agree with your analysis citizen. Romney is not perfect but I like the guy and his platform is strongly conservative on the things that matter to me this year.

Right now, I like Romney much more than Huckabee, Guiliani and McCain. And, in contrast to Fred (whom I like the most), he looks like he has an open road to win the nomination.

I also think that Romney can win the general. I think youth is going to be very important this time around.


118 posted on 01/05/2008 1:06:32 PM PST by Pantera
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To: Dan(9698)

Why didn’t you say so! That explains everything!!!

How’s the water, by the way? You are downstream you know. :^)


119 posted on 01/05/2008 1:07:06 PM PST by landerwy (Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!)
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To: bw17
They have a few more than that:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948374/posts?page=16#16

120 posted on 01/05/2008 1:07:33 PM PST by redgirlinabluestate (www.MittReport.com)
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