Question about delegates

[shaggy240v]

I keep reading over and over again on this forum "don't worry... it's all about the delegates, and Ron Paul is doing well in that department." Then I ran across this web site that proves otherwise. Could someone please shed some light on this for me?

Here's the link, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660914

(delegates won to date)... just below the top of the page.

[FreeTraveler]

Those are committed delegates... but delegates are actually only committed for the first ballot at the national convention. If the PEOPLE placing those votes are actually Ron Paul Republicans, the second vote at the convention may be considerably different than the first. :D

[Bradley in DC]

Those are committed delegates... but delegates are actually only committed for the first ballot at the national convention. If the PEOPLE placing those votes are actually Ron Paul Republicans, the second vote at the convention may be considerably different than the first. :D

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=104384

There are repeated posts about Dr. Paul becoming the Republican presidential nominee in a brokered convention. Most of them are promoting bad information. Here are the actual rules (http://www.gop.com/images/2008_Call_FINAL.pdf):

Rules "binding" delegates are determined by the states (http://www.gop.com/images/Press_State_Summaries.pdf): some delegates are not bound at all, others for the first few votes (first, second or third), while other states bind their delegates until they are released.

In order to be eligible to be nominated at all [RNC Rule 40(b) (http://www.gop.com/About/Rules31-41.htm)], one requirement is to win the majority of delegates in five states (including DC and territories, RNC Rule 27 (http://www.gop.com/About/Rules21-30.htm)).