just WHO exactly voted today in WV?

[MDIndependent]

My girlfriend just called all confused about what happened today. She said there was no actual "voting" going on today at the polling places, just something going on in Charleston. What exactly was it today???

[BiPolarBear]

Today was the WV GOP Convention for state delegates.

May 13th is the public (R+I) primaries for WV.

See here for full details (such as delegate distribution, etc.): http://www.ronpaul2008.com/states/west-virginia/the-gop-convention-primary/

[The Machine]

Today was the first GOP Convention in WV in 100 years--it was also the largest ever for the GOP in WV.

Only certified delegates from each county were allowed to vote. Winner was the candidate who received 50% + 1 delegate. After the first round of voting, Ron Paul came in last and was automatically eliminated.

Everyone broke for lunch, at which time, the Romney and Huckabee people spoke to the Paul campaign about voting for their candidate in the second round of voting. The consensus of the Paul delegates was to vote for Huckabee, because they vowed to give us 3 of the 18 national delegates at stake.

The campaign thought that this would be the most reliable and strategic move to make, otherwise we would have ended up with 0 national delegates and Romney could have gotten all 18. This was a winner take all Convention, so the rules kinda got twisted through a backroom deal--such is politics. At least we were able to salvage something from nothing, although some posters didn't agree with the move.

[Hurricane Bruiser]

Today was the first GOP Convention in WV in 100 years--it was also the largest ever for the GOP in WV.

Only certified delegates from each county were allowed to vote. Winner was the candidate who received 50% + 1 delegate. After the first round of voting, Ron Paul came in last and was automatically eliminated.

Everyone broke for lunch, at which time, the Romney and Huckabee people spoke to the Paul campaign about voting for their candidate in the second round of voting. The consensus of the Paul delegates was to vote for Huckabee, because they vowed to give us 3 of the 18 national delegates at stake.

The campaign thought that this would be the most reliable and strategic move to make, otherwise we would have ended up with 0 national delegates and Romney could have gotten all 18. This was a winner take all Convention, so the rules kinda got twisted through a backroom deal--such is politics. At least we were able to salvage something from nothing, although some posters didn't agree with the move.


This is correct as I was there. It was a tough call between backing Romney versus Huckabee. Whoever we backed was going to win.

[pendragon]

Today was the first GOP Convention in WV in 100 years--it was also the largest ever for the GOP in WV.

Only certified delegates from each county were allowed to vote. Winner was the candidate who received 50% + 1 delegate. After the first round of voting, Ron Paul came in last and was automatically eliminated.

Everyone broke for lunch, at which time, the Romney and Huckabee people spoke to the Paul campaign about voting for their candidate
misleading - the West Virginia Conservative Wing Republicans supporting Huckabee (misled though they are) had begun speaking weeks before and did again after lunch - was only the WV Rockefeller Wingers spoke to us "at which time" - up until then, they ignored us, as they do Dr. Paul - and they counted on us voting for Romney by "walking out" - not voting in the 2nd round would have been voting for Romney's 18 West Virginians
in the second round of voting. The consensusnot consensus, by vote
of the Paul delegates was to vote for Huckabee, because they vowed to give us 3 of the 18 national delegates at stake.

The campaign thought that this would be the most reliable and strategic move to make, you fail to mention the two most important things, "trust" and "honor"
otherwise we would have ended up with 0 national delegates and Romney could have gotten all 18. This was a winner take all Convention, so the rules kinda got twisted NO RULES were twisted or broken, as the Rockefeller Wingers claimed
through a backroom deal--such is politics.There was NO backroom deal! as the Rockefeller Wingers and MSM are still claiming
At least we were able to salvage something from nothing, although some posters didn't agree with the move.
and those posters would see Ron Paul defeated - sad. Knowledge is power and they are powerless - at a time when the good doctor needs his people to be powerful.

On that day, the WV Ron Paul Conservative Wing Republicans held the power - control was in our hands - and we delivered 15 "Ron Paul supporters who don't know it yet," and 3 solid Ron Paul supporters as WV Delegates to the Republican National Convention

a great victory was won, and done so without compromising principles, without lying, cheating nor stealing, or any dirty tricks, or any money changing hands, without any backroom deals - we left that stuff to the Romney and McCain camps, WE acted nobly and with honor - 'tis sad that so many of our own mar this victory with their lack of knowledge

[pendragon]

This is correct as I was there. It was a tough call between backing Romney versus Huckabee. Whoever we backed was going to win.'tis not - basically true, but the details are incorrect

was it so tough?
a promise of 5 from Rockefeller Wingers with their long history of deceiving the Conservative Wing
OR
the promise of 3 from trustworthy men

[pendragon]

My girlfriend just called all confused about what happened today. She said there was no actual "voting" going on today at the polling places, just something going on in Charleston. What exactly was it today???
please tell me your GF is NOT from WV

[Carole]

Could this help explain why Dr. Paul did so badly in West Virginia?

I posted the screenshots to the Ron Paul Forum.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=1455014#post1455014

Raleigh County, W. Va. anomaly in results

Raleigh County 79% reporting:
McCain 60% 2187 votes
Ron Paul 27% 983 votes
Huckabee 10% 357 votes

Raleigh County 100% reporting:

McCain 79% 2774 votes
Huckabee 13% 462 votes
Ron Paul 3% 116 votes

983-116=867 votes lost by Ron Paul!!

I think Dr. Paul is actually receiving many more votes than he is being credited by these horrible voting machines.

http://people.ronpaul2008.com/campaign-updates/2008/05/13/todays-primaries-2/#comment-59254