Posted on 05/06/2008 6:45:04 AM PDT by mnehring
Former Arkansas Gov. and GOP presidential contender Mike Huckabee has released the
Huckabee encouraged the six delegates he won to vote for Republican presumptive presidential nominee John McCain, said Gary Jones, the chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
Jones said Monday he has contacted Huckabee's delegates and "all but one” of them said they would vote for McCain.
The other delegate is going to vote for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who is continuing his presidential bid despite dropping out of recent primaries.
If that holds true, 40 of Oklahoma's 41 GOP votes to be cast during the Republican National Convention in September will be for McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, Jones said. Paul, who did not win a delegate during Oklahoma's Feb. 5 presidential primary, would get one vote.
McCain earned 23 delegates for winning Oklahoma's primary, and nine other delegates for winning three congressional districts.
Huckabee finished second in the primary, but earned six delegates for winning two congressional districts.
Oklahoma has three additional delegates — Jones and two national committee members — who are committed to McCain.
Michael McNutt, Capitol Bureau
He's shooting for ambassador to Arkansas. A strange and exotic land yet to be penetrated by civilization.
I enjoy a good Paul thread, but these have really run their course as far as the activity they get these days. I mean, does anyone really care about who gets what GOP delegates? We're talking eventual footnotes on history. I personally have moved on to taunting the anti-Paul n00bginas on Bob Barr threads.
No, I don't think McCain will pick Mitt, he towers over McCain both intellectually and physically. But I do think Mitt extracted a price and the price was don't pick Huckabee.
The only advantage that Huckabee brings to McCain is that he is a relative dwarft, both physically and intellectually. That simply isn't likely to be good enough for McCain.
McCain needs somebody who can at least put a swing state or two into play-- such as Governor Pawlenty of Minnesota or one of the weak sisters from Maine.
I’d rather it be Romney. McCain/Huck would be the worst of both worlds in many ways.
Actually, if I may make a suggestion, you should use square bracket title commenting to refer to Paul right in the name of the thread. You’ll get more activity.
He got his name on the ballot way back before PA’s deadline, when he was awash in lib cash.
What citizens? Like it or now, we all have our choice candidates (mine dropped out early) but a majority of citizens chose McCain. What do you think would happen if, for example, a candidate’s (who only got 1%-2% of the vote, let’s take Fred for example) supporters decided to do this? Do you think the 98% that voted against that candidate would give that 1%-2% (in reality far less as I’m sure not everyone who voted for a candidate would support that action) the time of day? Fun to think about ‘in theory’ but in reality, not gonna happen. At this point, the two best options we have are either, McCain chooses a very conservative running mate or something happens, like a scandal, and a new candidate is chosen by the delegates at the convention.
Well, MAYBE...they’re are still quite a few Perot voters up here, and still some Ron Paul signs. Any NC freepers who can tell us if Paul’s name is still on their ballot?
I agree.
No remedies available, I’m afraid
Bobby Jindal is one of the few running mates McCain could pick that would make me consider voting for him (but only after consuming mass amounts of alcohol and drugs).
I've been saying all along that despite my reservatins about McCain, I'm voting against Hillay/Obama this November...but if the the ticket is McCain-Huckabee, I'm either sitting out or voting for Hillary.
Or option C: call it a year on the Presidential race, focus on other political races and pursuits and not feel like a whore for caring one way or the other about McCain.
Did I talk you into trying GTA out? Nice!
Very much so.
I voted for Romney on Saturday in Indiana, for what reason I really can’t tell you but I pushed his name just because I could.
Juan’s sucking up to La Raza has paid off already! Viva McCain!
Ah. Figures. At least he’s out of the lib cash now that he’s no longer needed.
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