In this case, the “grass roots” are the Paulers. There is no fight over delegate votes for anyone else. This about the Paulers wanting to disrupt the Romney nomination and present a picture of disunity and infighting to the public.
Ron Paul hates Mitt Romney. Ron Paul likes Obama better than Mitt Romney. Ron Paul wants hope and change for the GOP, he wants to fundamentally change the Republican Party, the way the Progressives forever changed the Democrat Party.
The rules aren't even ABOUT 2012. This is to affect future campaigns. And rule 12 is so broad it could affect anyone or anything the people in power want it to. These rules completely disenfranchise all the states and their delegates. The entire process of delegate represenation to the party is not acceptable collateral damage for getting rid of the Ron Paul delegates. You also don't seem to understand what a "power grab" is when you see it.
That's bullcrap! This whole thing is about consolidating GOP-E power and removing the TEA Party as a threat in 2016.
And right now, it looks to me like that the Paul people are our last line of resistance at the convention.
BTW, Palin had it right:
Palin: ‘Worst thing’ GOP can do is marginalize Ron Paul supporters
At this point, we all hang together in the fight against the statist GOP-E, or we all hang separately. Your choice!
And just why are you supporting the party that gave us the EPA, OSHA, Earned income tax credit, Dept of Homeland Security, Medicare-D and No child left behind?
Look, I grant you that Ron Paul is an utter asshat. But the squashing of Ron Paul ALSO happens to squash Tea Partiers. Pro gunners. Anti abortion people. What’s your ‘pet’ issue? Because whatever it is, with the schlek they are pulling, yer screwed too.