I think your argument is with the WVAGOP and their rules/regulations regarding the conduct of the caucus event. I think the allegation of stealing is a bit over the top when nothing in the rules prohibits making pacts/alliances.....
Show us where building alliances is against the rules of the WVAGOP, can you?. After all that is what politics is about. You build alliances/supporters from across the spectrum in order to get elected. No one not even Romney had enough votes to win outright without having others cross over and vote for him. Romney got beat because he didn’t or couldn’t secure the support of the other caucus goers in attendance that had a right to vote in the second round.
Here are the ballot totals for the first and second round of votes..... Apparently Romney couldn’t even cajole the Paul voters to his side.....
First ballot:
* Romney 464
* Huckabee 375
* McCain 176
* Paul 118
1,133 total votes
Paul was gone for round two.
The second ballot results were:
* Huckabee 524
* Romney 479
* McCain 11
1,014 total votes
Thus, 119 did not vote on the 2nd ballot; Romney gained 15 votes on the 2nd ballot; Huckabee gained 149; McCain lost 161.
Not when Huck paid Paul 3 delegates (according to Paul's own campaign) to have his people vote for Huckabee.
Ron Paul's campaign claimed late this afternoon that it had secured three of the 18 delegates through a deal with Mike Huckabee to help put him above the 50 percent threshold.
119 didn't vote or were their ballots "misplaced", not counted, or shoved in a drawer.
While we're playing dirty politics, I'm sure that will just be overlooked as well.