Posted on 02/05/2008 9:47:42 AM PST by BarnacleCenturion
- Romney - 41%
- Huckabee - 33%
- McCain - 16%
- Paul - 10%
West Virginia is winner-take-all, so Romney gets 18 delegates out of the deal.
One down, 20 to go!
Mcccain wasnt there and if the people voted he would have won. delegates picked the candidate
>If Huckabee manages to recover from the treatment he’s gotten the past week or so by the media it will be an indication of both his political skills and his potential. I’m not optimistic, but I can always hope.
Okay, let’s be clear. Huckabee got a HUGE amount of free media coverage following Iowa. The MSM was blasting his name throughout non-stop. Then Huck lost in NH, and the MSM gave him a pass since he wasn’t expected to do well there.
Then Huck goes to SC and LOSES. He LOSES to McCain, a moderate, in a conservatives state. I mean, WTF?* So on to Florida. And Huck comes in THIRD.
Huck has no one to blame other than his campaign or the GOP voters.
*F means fudge.
Dang...
ron paul supporters want the war to end now. I dont think Romney will get them
So, it’s not a double team against Romney, but a triple team.
Looks like McCain’s little lapdog Huckafraud is doing his VP duties and denying Romney a win...
The Paulites are hoping for a brokered convention. So this makes sense to vote for Huckabee since he is third in the delegate count.
Awesome !!
West Virginia Intrigue
05 Feb 2008 01:42 pm
After the first round of balloting in West Virginia, Mitt Romney was solidly in the lead with 41% of the votes, followed by Mike Huckabee with 33% and John McCain with 16%.
Since 50% is needed to win all 18 delegates, a second balloting is underway.
But sources say that representatives for John McCain called many of his reps in WV and asked them to vote for Huckabee...in order to thwart Romney on the second ballot.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/02/west_virginia_intrigue.php
Welcome to FR. Did you join just to post that?
I know, but I like to throw it back at some of the Huck supporters who tried to say that about Thompson. Although I do think Huck is angling for McCain’s VP and will give him his delegates. So in that sense he may still turn out to be a sort of stalking horse.
In reality, Huck and Romney are near mutually exclusive. One is not the 2nd choice of most voters if they are voting for the other. Apparently Rudy and McCain are along the same lines, though not as strong.
It would be great though if Huck can win some southern states, particularly the winner-take-all ones. If Romney can win CA and a number of others he’s leading in (especially the caucus states), Huck winning those states will siphon from McCain and keep McCain and Romney close in the delegate count today.
Which may be all for not if Huck gives those delegates to McCain for a VP slot.
Bienvenidos a Free Republica.
Geez. You are just spamming this place with your McCain Kool-Aid today.
So now you're saying delegates aren't people? LOLOL!
then the paulites are illiterate. The only way to have a brokered convention is to have a romney majority without enough delegates to win outright.
Huckabee is just a whore for the vp slot.
2nd round results has Huckabee leading 52% to 47%
Well, at least McCain didn’t get them.
So are MANY other conservatives...
Results per CNN (100% reporting):
Huckabee 567 (52%)
Romney 521 (47%)
McCain 12 (1%)
Huckabee took wv
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