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AP McCain wins 20 GOP delegates
Yahoo News ^ | Feb 24, 2008 | DAVID McFADDEN

Posted on 02/24/2008 12:41:49 PM PST by TinaJeannes

TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico - Republican Party members in Puerto Rico awarded all 20 delegates at stake Sunday to Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has vowed to help resolve Washington's complicated relationship with the U.S. Caribbean territory.

The delegates each will cast one vote at the Republican National Convention in September, joined by three local members of the Republican National Committee who also have pledged to back McCain as party delegates.

McCain swept all 38 GOP delegates awarded in U.S. territories over the weekend, moving him closer to Republican nomination for president. He also picked up endorsements from two unpledged delegates, giving him a total of 998. His rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee trails with 254 delegates.

It will take 1,191 delegates to secure the Republican nomination.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; mccain; politics; puertorico
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1 posted on 02/24/2008 12:41:50 PM PST by TinaJeannes
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To: TitansAFC; meandog; onyx; MARTIAL MONK; Kuksool; freespirited; Salvation; furquhart; mossyoaks; ...
McCain bags 38 more delegates!

The McCain List.
2 posted on 02/24/2008 12:43:34 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Norman Bates

“Republican Party members in Puerto Rico awarded all 20 delegates.”

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All 20 delegates or all 20 Republicans?


3 posted on 02/24/2008 12:46:32 PM PST by 1curiousmind (Obama/Senjaya '08 - America's Idols)
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To: Norman Bates

Excellent. He will clinch the nomination “mathematically” by the end of March although by all practice and purposes he is already the nominee.


4 posted on 02/24/2008 12:47:29 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: jveritas

He will clinch it on March 4th. :)


5 posted on 02/24/2008 12:48:46 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Norman Bates
Are Texas and Ohio winner takes all for the Republicans? If so then yes I agree that he will clinch it by March 4th.
6 posted on 02/24/2008 12:51:14 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: TinaJeannes

Huckabee finally has more than romney


7 posted on 02/24/2008 12:51:50 PM PST by ari-freedom (Everything we've accomplished in Iraq is ruined if Obama wins.)
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To: jveritas
They're not winner take all (except Vermont, which has McCain leading Ron Paul 73-11, with Huck at 9%) but there are over 300 delegates at state on that day and McCain needs now less than 200 of them. He will easily get past that amount.
8 posted on 02/24/2008 12:56:12 PM PST by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Norman Bates

Excellent, everything is going according to plan :)


9 posted on 02/24/2008 1:01:13 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: ari-freedom
Huckabee finally has more than romney

Math, not a Hucakbee thing. Romney has 286 delegates.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#R
10 posted on 02/24/2008 1:19:14 PM PST by elizabetty (Mike Huckabee is such a loser he does not even recognized he lost a long time ago.)
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To: TinaJeannes

I think some attention should be paid to this bit of pandering, which is presumably in line with his involvement as a sponsor of McCain/Kennedy:

“John McCain . . . vowed to help resolve Washington’s complicated relationship with the U.S. Caribbean territory.”


11 posted on 02/24/2008 1:28:59 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: TinaJeannes
Huckabee’s case of John Edwards syndrome is worse than the one John Edwards had.

JES symptoms include;

1. Poor math skills.

2. A messianic belief that you’re necessary.

3. Unrealistic exceptions.

4. The delusion that the more voters reject you, the more they are secretly encouraging you.

The only known treatment for JES is a lack of media attention.

12 posted on 02/24/2008 2:11:55 PM PST by jpf
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To: TinaJeannes

Mike Huckabee’s folly sinks a little deeper . . .


13 posted on 02/24/2008 2:13:39 PM PST by No Dems 2004 (No Dems in 2008 either)
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To: TinaJeannes
Puerto Rico & the American Samoa's pick delegates before the 50 states on the flag, it's a day of jubilee!
14 posted on 02/24/2008 2:13:59 PM PST by exhaustedmomma (McCain: You don't have to love him, you just have to fall in line)
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To: ari-freedom
McCain is not a well man, physically or mentally.

Huckabee is just trying to get the next largest heap of delegates as insurance should the ancient Senator succumb to one of his various diseases.

15 posted on 02/24/2008 2:21:01 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Hate the USA? Love the whole Amerexico idea? Elect McCain-Clinton-Obama!)
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To: elizabetty

johnmccain.com shows romney with 247 and huckabee with 251 so that is odd.
http://www.johnmccain.com/pathtovictory/


16 posted on 02/24/2008 2:56:03 PM PST by ari-freedom (Everything we've accomplished in Iraq is ruined if Obama wins.)
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To: jveritas

Are Texas and Ohio winner takes all for the Republicans? If so then yes I agree that he will clinch it by March 4th.


Texas is winner take all by congressional district and statewide proving the winner wins by a majority. Otherwise it is proportional with a 20% threshold.

As we mentioned earlier the Democratic Party does things much differently.


17 posted on 02/24/2008 3:06:08 PM PST by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)
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To: ari-freedom

If you read various delegate counts, they are all different, so not sure which one counts “officially”.

I lean towards the NYT list as it only counts PLEDGED delegates (note: they haven’t updated since American Samoa or Puerto Rico, so it will change tomorrow):

http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/delegates/index.html

They have:

McCain 827 (will be 856 with the 9 from AS +20 from PR)
Huckabee 205
Romney 142
Paul 5

I did read that Huckabee has picked up at least 8 of Romney’s delegates from Michigan, but since those can’t be counted until convention, they are not added in...


18 posted on 02/24/2008 3:10:12 PM PST by BamaBelle
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To: deport

Thanks for the additional info deport.


19 posted on 02/24/2008 3:25:52 PM PST by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: Dagnabitt

enjoy [campaigning] very much. But [my dad] keeps a schedule – I mean I’m 21 and go to the Naval Academy and he outruns me with no problem,” said Jack.

When asked about his dad’s age, 71, and whether or not it should be an issue with voters, Jack was quick to point out the tremendous health of not his dad, but his grandmother.

“His mother is what, 96? She is very sharp. She travels the world. So as far as genes go, you don’t have to worry about that for at least another 15 or 20 years.”

In further defense of his dad’s health, Jack enjoys telling the story about how he and his dad hiked the Grand Canyon last summer.

“He hiked 30 miles…9 down, 15 across and 6 up in two days. We started out on the North Rim [of the Grand Canyon] and made it to the South Rim. If age is ever an issue [just think of] 30 miles, two days, in 115 degree heat…and carrying a back-pack as well. And my dad doesn’t have any cartilage in his knees.”

One of the most memorable parts of the excursion, especially for a political science major, was being able to listen to his dad talk about “any period in history.”

“…If you start in China and head all the way to the United States, he knows about it. We probably had a four-hour conversation about the Ottoman Turks.”


20 posted on 02/24/2008 3:34:58 PM PST by TinaJeannes
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