You don't have to win a state to win delegates. I'm sure you know that, but you have not provided any evidence that Paul did what Cruz in doing with Double Agent delegates to a candidate who actually won delegates in a primary. His supporters could have used the rules to elect Paul delegates to unpledged delegate slots.
People mention Paul, but no one has provided links that describe precisely how he used the rules to claim delegates.
Paul's caucus performance in Maine didn't entitle him to 20 delegates. In other words, the number of delegates loyal to Paul was disportionally high, compared with his caucus performance. Maine doesn't have "unpleged" delegates for the first ballot.
-- People mention Paul, but no one has provided links that describe precisely how he used the rules to claim delegates. --
I don't recall that level of detail being provided for Cruz either. The complaint arises simply on the disproportionate allocation of "loyalty" after the first ballot.
At the Oregon Republican convention, Ron Paul supporters ran as delegates pledged to Romney or Santorum.The Ron Paul Disenfranchisement -Under this Trojan-horse guise, 8 of 10 delegates elected were actually Ron Paul Supporters when he only won three delegates in the state primary.
This is happening all over the country. The Paul campaign estimates they'll have 500 delegates, four times as many as he actually won.
Ron Paul even won Iowa.
Santorum or Romney won the vote. Months later Iowa delegates were elected, and Ron Paul came first.