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
Now THAT would be....oh good lord, the left would be spontaneously combusting...dunno if I can handle all that excitement, but I would SURE like to try.
ROFL. But it's OK for conservatives to vote for Hillary to keep her in the primaries under the false pretense that it's causing "chaos" among Democrats, right?
If McCain loses, that's his problem, not mine.
If there are enough Paul supporters to deny McCain the win, that is McCain’s fault and McCain’s alone for being such a weak candidate. No one owes a candidate his or her vote. It is up to McCain to appeal to enough voters to win. If he fails to do that, he fails the electorate, not vice versa.
The only way RINO Paul supporters - he's still a libertarian inside and that makes him as much of a RINO is McCain; everything else is petty haggling over details - could convince themselves they denied McCain the win is to vote for Obama and/or Hillary in the general election.
Those are eight business delegates.
I stand by my assessment. ;)
“Huckabee frees delegates, supports McCain (Breaking Now)”
Yeah. Everyone was on the edge of their seats over this one.
(sarc)
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