To: magritte
I agree with you magritte. Here is an article that explains what happened in MO. It even involved a dispute with our democrat Governor Nixon. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/why-missouri-is-holding-a-meaningless-primary/ The state party, meanwhile, didnt even want the primary to happen. Thats because todays vote wont be the main event: Missouri will hold caucuses on March 17, where voters will begin the process of selecting and allocating delegates. Todays primary is a vestige of state law that Missouris GOP-controlled legislature failed to change. State Sen. Engler noted that holding todays primary will cost the state $7 million, according to the secretary of states office. Were cutting $500 million out of the budget, and were going to fire 4,000 workers, Engler said of his colleagues opposition. They knew we were wasting money. But Democrats will hold their presidential primary today, too, and doing away with the primary entirely could have forced them to adopt a caucus system. All of Missouris eight Democratic senators voted against the bill; so did eight of its 26 Republicans. Missouris Republican lietenant governor, who casts the tie-breaking vote in the state senate, was not present. And here we are today, with Missouri holding a delegate-less primary, critics crying foul over the expense, and Santorum angling for a notch in the W column that could make his Tuesday night a bit more successful.
60 posted on
04/11/2012 6:15:48 PM PDT by
katiedidit1
("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
To: katiedidit1
MO GOP sure is wimpy, isn’t it? That’s why we have hardly any bench to go up against the sea hag, Claire McAskill. Very frustrating.
61 posted on
04/11/2012 6:18:54 PM PDT by
magritte
(Don't blame me. I voted for a real conservative, Rick Perry.)
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