Romney wins Wyoming caucuses

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    bogart, Jan 5, 2008 IP
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    guerilla Notable Member

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    Yeah, it really doesn't matter. Not many candidates visited there, and even fewer ran advertising. The caucus was closed to outsiders and new party members, so you could expect Romney to buy up the establishment votes.
     
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    Still it's delegates. With so many early primaries and delegates spread around you may see a brokered convention.
     
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    We are definitely going to see a brokered convention.
     
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    This will only really matter if the MSM reports it much - as it may give Romney a slight bump in NH.
     
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    The corrupt process in Wyoming is an example of how the establishment maintains itself.
     
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    The Wyoming process is flawed, in that they wanted to bring money and candidates to the state, but they kept their caucus closed and establishment.

    Anyway, Wyoming was stripped of half of it's delegates by the Republican National Committee, so the Romney win, while a nice morale booster (like winning the Iowa Straw Poll the other night) doesn't really provide a lot of delegates or weight at the Republican National Convention.
     
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    of course it is, RP didn't win...that is your answer for them all, isn't it?
     
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    Not at all. Look at the results. Look at which candidates bothered to campaign there.

    Huckabee got zip. Same with Giuliani and McCain.

    It's a pointless endeavor. 12 total delegates means nothing in the National Convention. There are 2,380 total delegates going to Minnesota in September.
     
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    It's true that 12 is not a high number and Romney didn't get them all either.

    For Jurisdictions without Constitutionally Elected Members of Congress:

    6 at-large delegates from American Samoa.
    16 at-large delegates from the District of Columbia.
    6 at-large delegates from Guam.
    6 at-large delegates from Northern Mariana Islands
    20 at-large delegates from Puerto Rico.
    6 at-large delegates from Virgin Islands.
    For all Jurisdictions - 3 party leaders: the national committeeman, the national committee woman, and the chairman of the state Republican Party.
     
    bogart, Jan 6, 2008 IP