[ElkGroveDan]

Does your count include Huckabee giving him his 190 on the second ballot in exchange for the VP spot?

Huckabee doesn't control his delegates that way, moreover McCain himself doesn't control what his delegates do on the second ballot. Huckabee can tell them he wants them to vote for McCain, but they will do whatever they want. If this thing is still open going into the convention there will be lots of small deals made back and forth by phone and at the convention.

[Congressman Billybob]

Delegates to conventions are reliable, political hacks, for the most part. They are there to do what the candidate who has them pledged, asks them to do. For a preview of how that works, look at McCain's state convention delegates in West Virginia.

McCain was a distant third in that state's convention to choose national convention delegates. Romney had 41% but not obviously the magiuc majority. So, McCain ordered all his delegates to switch to Huckabee, and give the state to Huckabee. Most of them obeyed. McCain had only 11 delegates voting for him on the last round.

That's how that game is played, in conventions. Click below for more.

Congressman Billybob

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