Press Release: Ron Paul Secures Three Delegates in West Virginia State Convention

[virginiakid]

February 05, 2008
Ron Paul Secures Three Delegates in West Virginia State Convention

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 5, 2008

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – In today’s West Virginia Republican State Convention, Republican candidate Ron Paul’s campaign secured three of the 18 national delegates up for grabs.

“Our goal is to secure as many delegates to the national GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul as possible,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “Securing three delegates in West Virginia is an important step in that direction. We plan on locking up more delegates before the day ends.”

In an agreement first reported by West Virginia television station WSAZ, the three Ron Paul delegates were secured through an agreement with the Mike Huckabee campaign.

Ron Paul delegates to the state convention swung their support to Huckabee – putting Huckabee over the top – after Congressman Paul was eliminated in the first round of voting. With three national delegates, Ron Paul secured 20 percent of the 18 delegates that were decided at the State Convention.


http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2008/02/ron-paul-secure.html

[virginiakid]

bump to show you that there is an official press release from the official HQ

[romeo2]

so we helped the huckster? should be a 50/50 split in my book

[wfd40]

sexy

[Joe3113]

nice

[PRIEST]

3 delegates out of 18 isn't 20%, HQ... it's more like 16%.

3 out of 15 is 20%.

[Hook]

We need to get the Huckster up so that he can split the delegates enough for a brokered convention.

[ClayTrainor]

I hope Huck's Army recognizes this and helps us out if the situation gets reversed somewhere

[Hook]

3 delegates out of 18 isn't 20%, HQ... it's more like 16%.

3 out of 15 is 20%.

So they rounded 16 to 20%. Sounds better that way :D

[Agora]

ht tp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Secures_Three_Delegates_in_West_Virginia

digg...: )

[romeo2]

theyre saying its not a bad deal considering the rp support was at 10% and we left with 3 delegates, while romney and mccain had higher support than rp but left with no delegates.

[hueylong]

Sound strategy. And a block to Mc AND Romney.

[bcreps85]

If Huck drops after today or in the future, I believe these delegates will ALL be up for grabs, and will probably come to us.

[dawnbt]

See, it's good to work together against evil. We scratch their backs, they scratch ours.

[SophisticatedFarmGirl]

This is sweet!

[skiingff]

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Secures_Three_Delegates_in_West_Virginia

Digg it!

[Sarge]

Bump,

Make it go viral. Need to get that to voters.

[virginiakid]

theyre saying its not a bad deal considering the rp support was at 10% and we left with 3 delegates, while romney and mccain had higher support than rp but left with no delegates.

ahhh..l..how beautiful is that?

[tonyr1988]

For someone that knows more than me: Are the three delegates legally bound to vote for Paul, or are they still bound for Huckabee for ballot #1, just that they'll vote for Paul in round #2.

[deedles]

I'm sorry to say I don't understand what this means or how this helps us?

[hillertexas]

bump

[nullvalu]

Bump,

Make it go viral. Need to get that to voters.

Bump for the 100th time I've read the phrase "Make it go viral" this week.. :rolleyes: :p

[Sarge]

Had to say that word because some that have not voted might start to think Dr. Paul can win.

[Ronin]

For someone that knows more than me: Are the three delegates legally bound to vote for Paul, or are they still bound for Huckabee for ballot #1, just that they'll vote for Paul in round #2.

Nobody is legally bound for anything. In the first round of voting at the convention 3 go to Paul.

[Computer]

All I'm going to say is that of the 4 GOP candidates, McCain is the worst.

[Austin]

I don't think you guys understand the meaning of "viral"...