Due to the commitment of the Wyoming GOP leaders to ensure Wyoming has a part in the final national selection, each of the 23 Wyoming county conventions will choose voting delegates committed to specific candidates on January 5, 2008.
If states that go earlier than the date set lose 1/2 their delegates, why are they choosing to lose 1/2 of whatever little bit of clout they might have in naming a nominee?
There's probably very few who knew this. I didn't either
Other states which lose half of their delegates: New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan, Nevada...
Due to the commitment of the Wyoming GOP leaders to ensure Wyoming has a part in the final national selection, each of the 23 Wyoming county conventions will choose voting delegates committed to specific candidates on January 5, 2008.
Because they know that its an empty threat.
The candidates will probably hem and haw and then demand that all delegates be seated.
Should they not, then kiss goodbye any support from the respective state parties and definitely don’t come a calling for money from those voters that they just pissed on.
Plus - speaking for Florida - they are seemimgly content to take this action now, rather than later, to change the primary landscape.
Should Florida’s delegates not be seated, then look for an election disaster.
I can think of nothing more stupid than to persist on this issue over party procedural rules.
Don't know, but Wyoming still has two more delegates than NH, yet they get no coverage.