[Mozilla]

Good news if this is going to happen. Texas won't go to Romney.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Works for me.

Anybody but Obama (or Romney).

[WackySam]

I’m no fan fan of Romney, but this is bull$hit.

[throwback]

Wacky Texans seceding from the Republican Party? Too hot, or I'd move there.

[af_vet_rr]

Good news if this is going to happen. Texas won't go to Romney.

5 out of the 6 largest cities in Texas went for Obama in 2008, and Fort Worth wasn't far from making it 6-for-6. Romney does best in areas that are liberal.

The Texas legislature is led by a Democrat with an (R) next to his name. Romney has Lamar Smith in his pocket, and God only knows who else.

It's going to be a tough fight.

[Born to Conserve]

This is the last presidential election with a republican party. Next cycle; demublicans vs. the Tea Party.

[willgolfforfood]

I thought the rules of these primaries were that after Super Tuesday all Republican primaries were to be winner-take-all. Before that date they were proportional. So Texas should be winner take all.

If I am remembering this correctly.

[GeronL]

Isn’t it a bit late in the game to be changing the rules though?

Otherwise, I’m fine with it

[TLI]

I figured it would go this way when the redistricting lawsuit came up. Unintended consequence of the “hispanics” attempted power grab through the liberal judges initial ruling.

It pushes the primary back to after April 1, thus easily opening the door to switching back to Winner-Take-All.

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[Vendome]

So Effing cheaters is what we are now?

Changing the rules in the middle of the game is stacking the deck and ain’t right.

How many other Florida’s and Lone Star states are we going to go along with for this crap?

[Bailee]

Santorum needs to be very carefull. He may get more than he bargained for. The Large population centers will vote for Mittens just like that have in all the Previous Southern States. That is a fact just look at any of the maps this primary Season.

Mittens has a very good GOTV and plenty of Money. Santorum appears to be Tired and we know he is Under Funded. Make TX a winner take all and Mittens will unleash Bloody Tuesday II on Santorum count on it.

If Mittens gets 155 Delegates from TX well its over. If Mittens splits TX with Santorum then we have a chance at Tampa.

[onyx]

At least, thanks to you, I wasn’t surprised.

[deport]

Redistricting has made the Texas Primary a drawn out process as the district lines were being established at both the Congressional and state legislative levels. Changes have been made along the way to the primary election process but they never tried to change the proportional allocation until now. Politics....

Current method of Allocation of Delegates

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Tuesday 29 May 2012: 152 of Texas's 155 delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Texas Presidential Primary. [General Rules for All Conventions and Meetings. Rule 38. Section 8. f.]

From the statewide vote, compute the number of delegates each candidate receives by multiplying that candidate's percentage of the statewide vote by the total number (152) of district and at-large delegates.

• Beginning with the candidate receiving the most votes statewide, round up fractional delegates of 0.51% and above to the next whole number. Round down fractional delegates below 0.51%.
• Repeat for the next highest vote getter until all 152 delegates are bound.

A Presidential candidate may withdraw from participation in the Presidential Primary ... by filing with the Secretary of the SREC a signed and acknowledged request ... votes cast for that candidate shall be deemed votes for uncommitted [Rule 38 - Section 2.d]

In addition to the ballot listing of the names of the qualifying Presidential candidates, there shall appear at the bottom of such listing ... a place designated "Uncommitted" ... [Rule 38 - Section 3.c]

[itsahoot]

Texas won't go to Romney.

I very well might in a four man race.