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It's pathetic that a "deal" had to be struck for Ron Paul delegates to get the seats at the convention that they were already en led to, tbh..... Ron bless
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolit...paign=20120822Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, after speaking in Berkeley, Calif., on April 5.
GOP officials and the Mitt Romney campaign have cut a deal with Texas Rep. Ron Paul's campaign to allow some — though not all — of Paul's delegates from Louisiana and Massachusetts to be seated at the Republican National Convention. The status of Maine's delegates remained unsettled.
The compromise would appear to avert a potential public clash with Paul supporters during the convention's opening day on Monday.
Among Republican delegates descending on Tampa for the GOP presidential convention will be scores of Paul loyalists, who had been uncertain about the degree to which their party and presumptive nominee Romney would allow them to participate.
The key looks to be in part the GOP's embrace of Paul's call for an audit of the Federal Reserve, a move hailed by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, as "great news" and "long overdue." (Romney on Monday endorsed the concept during an appearance in New Hampshire; the party on Tuesday included it in its proposed party platform.)
The fate of the 20 Paul-committed Maine delegates, elected during the state's GOP party convention in May, was still unclear, but negotiations were continuing.
Pro-Paul delegations from Iowa, Nevada and Minnesota have already been credentialed, without challenge, for the convention.
Romney and the RNC had been pursuing a legal strategy that appeared designed to prevent Paul from coming into the convention with "the support of a plurality of the delegates from each of five or more states."
It's pathetic that a "deal" had to be struck for Ron Paul delegates to get the seats at the convention that they were already en led to, tbh..... Ron bless
RP sold out a plurality of primary voters in two states. It's not surprising that political expedience and a soapbox at the convention trump fidelity to his own supporters, but maybe this ty deal was the best he could get.
but, but, but
No, the RNC is trying to screw over a plurality of primary/caucus voters in two states (Louisiana and Massachusetts), tbh... from what I've heard, RP still has a plurality in nine states (Minnesota, Alaska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Maine, Oregon, Virginia, Nevada, and Iowa)... in fact, Minnesota's delegates officially announced yesterday that they're backing Paul at the convention, not Willard... Ron bless
RP sold them out for a soapbox and a worthless promise from Romney to support a Fed audit...Ron Bless.
The delegates will still nominate him from the floor if they're able to regardless of what compromises the campaign makes, tbh... Ron bless
that's wishful thinking, tbh
Warren G. Harding won the nomination and the election with FAR fewer delegates and FAR less support than Paul has, tbh.....
era of the smoke filled room. times have changed.
lol Ron Paul
the RP fantasy side-show, all look-at-me grandstanding SIGNIFYING NOTHING.
If Paul were smart, he'd just double back on his promise once the candidates were in place. Then the media would call him a "bold maverick", and it would somehow make him look better prepared to handle national security.
Yeah, times have changed: the room has become even more filled with smoke due to Willard's constant cheating attempts.... Ron bless
Got damn, CN your Ron Paul lust blinds you to reality. Wh23 is right on with this sellout. Do you really think Romney would deregulate the financial industry and simultaneously audit the fed?
I heard Romney reneged on the deal, no audit the Fed plank was added to the platform.
flip flopped? never would've guessed.
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