2nd IN MONTANA! Getting delegates in MN, AK, ND?

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.mtgop.org/

Candidate Percent

Huckabee 11.36%

Keyes 0.00%

McCain 29.55%

Paul 22.73%

Romney 36.36%

With 3 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[AlexMerced]

good start

[AlexMerced]

let's hope it holds

[Give me liberty]

Whats with Romney winning?:mad:

[RPfan]

I like 23% !!:) :)

[derekjohnson]

Lets hope these are the areas with the weakest support for Paul

[AlexMerced]

Romney has been focsuing on Caucus states and non-primary state as well if you havn't noticed by how well he did in WV and WY

[Jobarra]

Whats with Romney winning?:mad:
Romney said he would be concentrating his efforts on caucas states since he was 'less likely' to win the primary states.

[voytechs]

Thats just 2 counties and Romney's 36% is just 16 votes. So this thing hasn't really begun yet.

[virginiakid]

Paul is 6 votes behind Romney and 3 votes ahead of McCain.

http://www.mtgop.org/FlexPage.aspx?area=caucus_results

Huckabee Keyes McCain Paul Romney Total Votes
STATEWIDE 5 0 13 10 16 44
PERCENT 11.36% 0% 29.55% 22.73% 36.36% 100%

[Mark37snj]

Faux News WAS covering Montana when Paul was doing bad. But NOW they dropped it from their ticker at the bottom!!!! It was there 30 minutes ago but now is gone. What Unbelievable TURDS!!!!

Its back on Now, I ROCK!!!!

[Jobarra]

Wow, about 15 votes in each county. Huge turnout? :p

[Sarge]

bump to keep this up.

Just reporting Mitt and McCain splitting states on projections.

[virginiakid]

Hope this straw poll holds true.

http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20080204220337385

Ron Paul wins Nine Mile straw poll

Monday, February 04 2008 @ 10:03 PM MST

Contributed by: Admin
by Harry Kenck

We have a winner in the Precinct 38 presidential straw poll. And the winner is...Dr. Ron Paul by two votes over former governor Mitt Romney. Sen. John McCain finished third three votes behind the good doctor.

The last five votes cast (two during half time of the Super Bowl, one at 8:14 a.m. Monday morning, and the last two at 12: 37 pm , a few minutes before the poll closed) were all cast for Dr. Ron Paul.

To their credit the Ron Paul campaign team has run an aggressive, effective, and very clean effort on behalf of their candidate. Montana Rep. Roger Koopman and Rep. Jack Wells mailed out letters of endorsement. Rep. Wells writes, “When Montana speaks we speak FREEDOM, and we spell that RONPAUL.” Gary Marbut, of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, has sent a dozen or more e-mails in support of Dr. Paul over several months time. At least a dozen others that I did not know from Flathead, Gallatin, Missoula, Ravalli, and Mineral Counties sent letters of endorsement.

This group seemed to be just patriotic folks happy to participate and support their candidate. Some wrote that they had heard of our Straw Poll and wondered why it wasn’t being done statewide, and would we please consider their choice in our Poll.

Two responders, one letter, were angry with the Montana Republican Party, voicing their disapproval of the Caucus Initiative at the expense of the Primary Election, but wishing to show their support for Ron Paul none the less.

Tuesday Feb. 5 is Caucus Night statewide. In Missoula County our prediction is a close race between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. The older caucus-goers have for the most part lined up behind former governor Mitt Romney. The younger generations, and especially those for whom this is their first or maybe their second Presidential Campaign, seem to form the core of support for Ron Paul. When all the votes have been counted at the Missoula County Caucus, we predict a victory for Dr. Ron Paul, narrow though it may be.

As their precinct captain, I wish to thank all the participants from Precinct 38 (upper Nine Mile), for making our straw poll an unqualified success. At the end of the day Precinct 38 may prove to be the only precinct statewide to have launched and successfully completed a presidential straw poll, and made the results count at the county caucus.

###
Harry R. Kenck is the Missoula County Republican Precinct 38 Committeeman.

[nate895]

Hope this straw poll holds true.

http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20080204220337385

Ron Paul wins Nine Mile straw poll

Monday, February 04 2008 @ 10:03 PM MST

Contributed by: Admin
by Harry Kenck

We have a winner in the Precinct 38 presidential straw poll. And the winner is...Dr. Ron Paul by two votes over former governor Mitt Romney. Sen. John McCain finished third three votes behind the good doctor.

The last five votes cast (two during half time of the Super Bowl, one at 8:14 a.m. Monday morning, and the last two at 12: 37 pm , a few minutes before the poll closed) were all cast for Dr. Ron Paul.

To their credit the Ron Paul campaign team has run an aggressive, effective, and very clean effort on behalf of their candidate. Montana Rep. Roger Koopman and Rep. Jack Wells mailed out letters of endorsement. Rep. Wells writes, “When Montana speaks we speak FREEDOM, and we spell that RONPAUL.” Gary Marbut, of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, has sent a dozen or more e-mails in support of Dr. Paul over several months time. At least a dozen others that I did not know from Flathead, Gallatin, Missoula, Ravalli, and Mineral Counties sent letters of endorsement.

This group seemed to be just patriotic folks happy to participate and support their candidate. Some wrote that they had heard of our Straw Poll and wondered why it wasn’t being done statewide, and would we please consider their choice in our Poll.

Two responders, one letter, were angry with the Montana Republican Party, voicing their disapproval of the Caucus Initiative at the expense of the Primary Election, but wishing to show their support for Ron Paul none the less.

Tuesday Feb. 5 is Caucus Night statewide. In Missoula County our prediction is a close race between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. The older caucus-goers have for the most part lined up behind former governor Mitt Romney. The younger generations, and especially those for whom this is their first or maybe their second Presidential Campaign, seem to form the core of support for Ron Paul. When all the votes have been counted at the Missoula County Caucus, we predict a victory for Dr. Ron Paul, narrow though it may be.

As their precinct captain, I wish to thank all the participants from Precinct 38 (upper Nine Mile), for making our straw poll an unqualified success. At the end of the day Precinct 38 may prove to be the only precinct statewide to have launched and successfully completed a presidential straw poll, and made the results count at the county caucus.

###
Harry R. Kenck is the Missoula County Republican Precinct 38 Committeeman.

That was the official caucus one.

[MGreen]

And so it begins... the ole blood pressure starts skyrocketing, watching these results slowly come in.

[Sarge]

bump to keep this moved up.

Come on Montana!

[Sarge]

new up date. 5% Hope we get the worst out of the way up front.

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

14.94%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

34.48%
Paul

18.39%
Romney

32.18%

With 5 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[mavtek]

Well looking like 3rd, we better get it going ASAP!

[kyleAF]

We need to stay in it in this state... bump

[Sarge]

I agree, let us hope the lower ones for Dr. Paul have reported.

Need to move this up fast.

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

17.58%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

32.97%
Paul

18.68%
Romney

30.77%

With 6 of 56 Counties Reporting

[JuniorNJ]

Cmon baby!!

[torchbearer]

If we finished a strong 3rd or Second, the huckabee delegates could return the favor from WV and boost us to first in montana for a few delegates thrown there way.

[Michael Ingram]

We gotta keep this up. I hope Torchbearer is right, but I doubt Huckabee people would throw their votes behind Paul--I hope I'm wrong in that assumption...

[Sarge]

Don't count on Huck. He said tonight he would vote for McCain.

Huck is history after that comment, with no comment about Dr. Paul helping him win WV.

He made his bed, so let him lay in it now. We have his number.

[Arklatex]

huckabee delegates could return the favor from WV and boost us to first in montana for a few delegates thrown there way.

call them up torchbearer, you got the number don't cha? I'll have the Huckabee people on the phone. Well draw this up and work it right now! PM me.

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

17.92%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

36.79%
Paul

16.98%
Romney

28.30%

With 7 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[torchbearer]

call them up torchbearer, you got the number don't cha? I'll have the Huckabee people on the phone. Well draw this up and work it right now! PM me.

My influence doesn't reach far outside of Louisiana.
But this isn't about the official campaigns, these are about the actual delegates on the ground.
I've met McCain, Huck, Romney, delegates who are really no different than us... they just don't know what's been going on...
I've been converting them in louisiana by simply talking with them.
What they don't understand are the underlining causes of our economic problems, and with the medias help, they have been kept ignorant.
The delegates on the ground for the most part are not anti-ron paul like the party leaders are... keep this in mind.
See each of those delegates as people who will listen to reason...
Some of the delegates I spoke to... in all honesty, had not heard anything about Ron Paul, and of course, we know why...

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

19.4%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

38.81%
Paul

14.93%
Romney

26.87%

With 8 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Nash]

I hate to be overly dramatic and sensational, but if we lose to Huckabee in Montana of all places, then Paul should just call it a campaign and throw in the towel.

You don't lose the freedom vote in Montana to Huckabee. You just don't do that.

[virginiakid]

Yeah its not looking to good in Montana but we still have 48 county left to report.

[kyleAF]

Don't count on Huck. He said tonight he would vote for McCain.

Huck is history after that comment, with no comment about Dr. Paul helping him win WV.

He made his bed, so let him lay in it now. We have his number.

FU McCAIN!!! (To hell with Frank)

[Sarge]

No way we throw in the towel. The Revolution is just beginning.

We have 25 states after tonight. We have some potential already under the radar.

[Sarge]

bumping to keep this up for awhile.

[MontanaJack]

Wait for Gallatin and Missoula counties to come in. Those counties contain the college towns and young people. Right now, the only counties reporting in economically-ruined, middle-of-nowhere places with very few young people.

[torchbearer]

I Have not yet begun to fight!!
-Captain John Paul Jones

http://bp1.blogger.com/_Esz2h6sKmUU/R6PsZ6oB6dI/AAAAAAAAAf0/Z1673pSlTuE/s400/JPJones.jpg

[Sarge]

Thank you for the feedback on what to watch.

[AFM]

I Have not yet begun to fight!!
-Captain John Paul Jones

http://bp1.blogger.com/_Esz2h6sKmUU/R6PsZ6oB6dI/AAAAAAAAAf0/Z1673pSlTuE/s400/JPJones.jpg

for LIBERTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

17.42%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

39.35%
Paul

13.55%
Romney

29.68%

With 9 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[molly_pitcher]

Bumped for handyness

[Sarge]

Huckabee

16.28%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

40.12%
Paul

13.95%
Romney

29.65%

With 10 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

16.30%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

38.04%
Paul

14.67%
Romney

30.98%

With 11 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Sarge]

Comment from ND

there was a romney supporter that was going through the entire line handing out papers and telling people to vote for romney and become delegates. now don't take this as a sexist comment or anything of the sort, but she was being more than friendly with people in the crowd, like a stripper trying to get a customer at a stripclub. touching, stroking, patting people, ect. that's not a comment at women or at romney, but at this one single individual, so please take it that way. i found her tactics...disgusting.

[Sarge]

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

14.04%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

37.45%
Paul

17.02%
Romney

31.49%

With 13 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[MontanaJack]

Woo, passed Huckabee :)

[virginiakid]

back in third

[Sarge]

No comment on the Mitt stripper? They will stop at nothing but I think he is running out of steam tonight. Money only goes so far. Time will tell.

[ATS]

Sarge, was she hot????:D

[pacelli]

Romney said he would be concentrating his efforts on caucas states since he was 'less likely' to win the primary states.

So did Jesse Benton concerning RP's strategy.

[Sarge]

Sorry, I wasn't in ND.

Here in Phoenix. Just picked up on it. Mitt's people have been beyond belief on dirty tricks. My opinion.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

12.69%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

40.38%
Paul

16.15%
Romney

30.77%

With 14 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Sarge]

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=MT

40 delegates projected?

Hope so.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

16.05%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

38.80%
Paul

14.72%
Romney

30.43%

With 15 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Opulen]

Cmon montana!!

[paulgirl]

Why does my google map show him at only 15%?

[Sarge]

Huckabee

15.71%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

36.00%
Paul

14.29%
Romney

34.00%

With 17 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

15.80%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

34.72%
Paul

14.77%
Romney

34.72%

With 18 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

18.56%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

34.16%
Paul

14.11%
Romney

33.17%

With 19 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[FluffyUnbound]

Why does my google map show him at only 15%?

The candidate % is the number below their name, not the number above.

The way these updates are being posted can trick your eye, if you're looking at the number closest to the candidate names.

[dave_mack33]

yea sarge i like your numbers better than the politco ones :o

[Sarge]

Right off the Montana site.

[Sarge]

We need some big ones coming in shortly for Dr. Paul.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

18.46%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

33.88%
Paul

14.72%
Romney

32.94%

With 20 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[paulgirl]

Ok, hope so because Politico shows about 15% too.

[Ralph O'Brien]

I was born raised and went to college in Missoula, a long time ago. Montana is a great state. Big Sky Country--I have emailed family many times was told many Paul signs. Perhaps the REVOLUTION headquarters should be Montana!

[MontanaJack]

Yes, there are more RP signs than for any other candidate here in Bozeman. RP had the most supporters at my caucus as well.

[Sarge]

Huckabee

18.68%
Keyes

0.00%
McCain

32.86%
Paul

13.67%
Romney

35.51%

With 23 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[JAlli41]

where are these numbers coming from?

[MontanaJack]

mtgop.org

[Sarge]

http://www.mtgop.org/

Sorry gang, I have Physical Therapy in the am. Can someone else pick it up and keep all up on this. I have to get some shut eye.

Go Dr. Paul

[Vet_from_cali]

http://www.mtgop.org/

Sorry gang, I have Physical Therapy in the am. Can someone else pick it up and keep all up on this. I have to get some shut eye.

Go Dr. Paul

dammit why are we in last effin place = /

[mantasmatron]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 8:08PM

Candidate
Percent

Huckabee
18.62%

Keyes
0.19%

McCain
31.48%

Paul
14.20%

Romney
35.51%



With 25 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Tanner]

Updated at 8:30PM
With 41 of 56 Counties Reporting.

Huckabee
18.62%

Keyes
0.11%

McCain
28.51%

Paul
18.51%

Romney
34.25%

[SteveMartin]

...with 42 of 56 counties reporting.

http://staging.gop.com/mtgop/FlexPage.aspx?area=caucus_results

[virginiakid]

Back in third and it seems like we are closing in fast on McCain

[SteveMartin]

3rd in North Dakota too....

And we could be 1st or 2nd in Alaska.

All we need is to pick up delegates and get Dr. Paul to start attacking a bit on the trail...

[Tanner]

Updated at 8:36PM
With 45 of 56 Counties Reporting.

Huckabee
17.45%

Keyes
0.09%

McCain
26.55%

Paul
20.64%

Romney
35.27%

[Airborn]

:)

[MontanaJack]

Yup, at 21% and rising.

I'm praying that Missoula and Gallatin are big wins for RP as stated before (the two big state unis are in those counties with large young populations).

[mantasmatron]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 8:36PM

Candidate
Percent

Huckabee
17.45%

Keyes
0.09%

McCain
26.55%

Paul
20.64%

Romney
35.27%



With 45 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[literatim]

The state GOP decides who wins, I am surprised we did this well.

[tpreitzel]

3rd in North Dakota too....

And we could be 1st or 2nd in Alaska.

All we need is to pick up delegates and get Dr. Paul to start attacking a bit on the trail...

Right... slow and steady. :)

[AFM]

for LIBERTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Montana Patriot]

great job wibuax county:D.... don't fret gang the big ones haven't reported yet we can still pull this off

[MontanaJack]

RP took 28% in Gallatin County (second place). Not as good as I hoped, but not bad either.

[SteveMartin]

GO GREAT WHITE NORTH!!!!

And it all started with Aroostook County, Maine!

[slamhead]

Montana sounds like a cool place to move to.

[MontanaJack]

Closing in on McCain fast. Should surpass when Missoula comes in, I'd think.

[homeboyjase]

Paul at 22%
McCain at 25%!

9 more counties to go!

[derekjohnson]

no within 3% of McCain for 2nd.

[SteveMartin]

Missoula County COULD give us a 2nd place finish in Montana!

[mantasmatron]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 8:46PM

Candidate
Percent

Huckabee
17.45%

Keyes
0.08%

McCain
24.79%

Paul
21.70%

Romney
35.98%



With 47 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[Montana Patriot]

Most of those counties have colleges in them Missoula,Bozeman.Butte.Billings Great Falls ,Kalispel,Helena the biggest cities:D

[SteveMartin]

CNN finally showing us 3rd in North Dakota!

[SteveMartin]

We now have 16% in Minnesota!

[derekjohnson]

<2% now

[SteveMartin]

We are going to get some delegates tonight!

[mantasmatron]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 8:56PM

Candidate
Percent

Huckabee
16.92%

Keyes
0.08%

McCain
24.39%

Paul
22.82%

Romney
35.80%



With 50 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[SteveMartin]

Yellowstone County where Billings is located, could even give us a W in Montana!!!...neither of the two larger cities in Montana have reported yet!! (Billings and Missoula)

[Airborn]

21 more votes could get us 2nd

[MontanaJack]

Missoula will deliver for us, methinks. Flathead and Lewis and Clark, perhaps. In any case, he's outpreforming in the big counties and underpreforming in the small, agro ones.

[JimInNY]

20 delegates behind McPain now for 2nd. Ron has been closing ground fast on the neocon.

[SteveMartin]

Yellowstone County (Billings) brought us right within range of second.

COME ON MISSOULA!!!!!

[derekjohnson]

52 reporting and 0.7% behind McCain.

[mantasmatron]

Thanks to the Montana folks in the thread for the county specific info. Much obliged.

[JimInNY]

oh gawd, 9 votes behind mccain with 93% in.... egads!

[SteveMartin]

It's final. WE got 3rd place in North Dakota!

We need 9 votes for 2nd place in Montana!!!

[justatrey]

9 votes behind McCain

[Rangeley]

9!!!!

[SteveMartin]

We will pass McCain when Missoula comes in!! RP visited there I believe, and we are doing very well in the bigger counties!

[280Z28]

13, so close!

[mantasmatron]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 9:05PM

Candidate
Percent

Huckabee
16.44%

Keyes
0.14%

McCain
23.68%

Paul
22.74%

Romney
37.00%



With 53 of 56 Counties Reporting.

[SteveMartin]

With 34% of MN reporting, we are in the delegates, I believe, with 16% still.....

[JuniorNJ]

:giggles at Beaverhead:

Oh man, it's been a long day. Overall, I would say I'm pleased with the results. They could OBVIOUSLY be better, but from where this campaign has come in one year with virtually NO MSM coverage -- take one second to pat yourself on your backs grassroots. This is just the beginning...

[edit] 53 of 56 reporting, now 13 behind McCain. Missoula still to come.

[Airborn]

this is close! 13 votes!

[SteveMartin]

Our 21% in ND is a new record, I believe...except for maybe LA, which nobody yet understands...lol...

[Waldo]

Gonna be a nail biter for 2nd :P

[white_chocolate_delicious]

Just 13 votes away from McCain with 3 precincts left!
Come on Montana!!!

[AFM]

9 VOTES
nine VOTES!!!!!!!! FOR LIBERTY!!!!!!!
forget who said your vote doesnt count

[markj]

What's with Romney winning Montana?

[Agora]

12 votes away...Montana, you rock!

[280Z28]

Only 12 down, 2 counties to go

[Airborn]

onlu Missoula left to report 12 votes behide Mccain

[JuniorNJ]

Missoula still not reporting, this will be the kicker IMHO

[dt_]

is Montana winner take all??

[markj]

Yes. Winner take all.

[JuniorNJ]

[edit] nevermind.

[SteveMartin]

We are 3rd in Utah....

[markj]

We beat McInsane! w00t!

[Airborn]

We Are Pass Mccain!!

[mantasmatron]

He won Missoula..Nice!

[JuniorNJ]

Missoula Pushes Us Over!!!

[homeboyjase]

2nd!!!!!

We did it!!

[Airborn]

Missoula DID IT!

[SteveMartin]

Why Is Cnn Not Showing Montana!!!!


Damn Them!!!!!!!!!

[JuniorNJ]

RP - 45
McCain - 7

Pushing Paul to SECOND in MONTANA. WOOOO!!!

[akalucas]

24.12% for paul YESSSS

22.44% for Mcwarmonger

[derekjohnson]

55 reporting and 2% ahead of McCain.

[dt_]

crap if it's winner take all then what does that help :(

[Sooners4Paul]

we in 2nd in montana now!

[kirkblitz]

Fuck Yeah!!!!!!!!!

[Waldo]

Where you see that, politico behind?

[280Z28]

Paul Up By 26 Wooooot

[wgadget]

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Thank you, MT!

[dt_]

where are you guys seeing that Paul's beating McCain? on politico it shows mccain in 2nd

[white_chocolate_delicious]

Ron Paul overtakes McCain!!!

Mitt Romney R 589 (37.88%)
Ron Paul R 375 (24.12%)
John McCain R 349 (22.44%)
Mike Huckabee R 240 (15.43%)
Alan Keyes R 2 (0.13%)



1 precint left

[JuniorNJ]

http://staging.gop.com/mtgop/FlexPage.aspx?area=caucus_results

[SteveMartin]

WE WON MISSOULA OUTRIGHT!!!! 2ND is ours!

[escuec]

Preliminary Statewide Results:
Updated at 9:16PM

Candidate

Percent
Huckabee

15.03%
Keyes

0.12%
McCain

21.96%
Paul

24.54%
Romney

38.34%

With All 56 Counties Reporting.

[dt_]

thank you :D

says 55 out of 56 though

[akalucas]

really....winner take all? that sucks

[markj]

Liberty County Montana voted for McInsane and Romney. Zero votes for Ron Paul from Liberty.

How incredibly stupid is that?

[devil21]

Sweet! Ill take 2nd.

[Ronin]

Woohoo! I'm moving to Montana :D

[AFM]

six FOOT SEVEN FOOT EIGHT FOOT BUNCH

[kirkblitz]

crap if it's winner take all then what does that help :(

motivation

[wgadget]

Are we still 2nd?

[Airborn]

Crap! winner take all???? http://staging.gop.com/mtgop/News/Read.aspx?ID=7209

[escuec]

Paul is 2nd with all 56 counties reporting.

[SteveMartin]

Too bad MT is a winner take all. But it's still a nice feather to beat McCain AGAIN!

[JuniorNJ]

Excuse me, the title of this thread is kind of old and outdated, can someone please fix it? :p

[Rangeley]

One left.... crazy suspense.

[JimInNY]

CNN hasn't updated yet.

[SteveMartin]

We get a chunk of Minnesota though, that is proportional.

[coyote_sprit]

2nd place now by 1%

[markj]

226 votes from 1st place.

[Airborn]

Too bad MT is a winner take all. But it's still a nice feather to beat McCain AGAIN!

what was nice was coming from 4th to 2nd!

[white_chocolate_delicious]

with all precincts reporting

Mitt Romney R 625 (38.34%)
Ron Paul R 400 (24.54%)
John McCain R 358 (21.96%)
Mike Huckabee R 245 (15.03%)
Alan Keyes R 2 (0.12%)


woo go ron!

[JimInNY]

Nice work Montana!

[SteveMartin]

Yes...that was FUN to watch!

HERE WE GO ALASKA!

[Molly1]

with all precincts reporting

Mitt Romney R 625 (38.34%)
Ron Paul R 400 (24.54%)
John McCain R 358 (21.96%)
Mike Huckabee R 245 (15.03%)
Alan Keyes R 2 (0.12%)


woo go ron!

wow! ;)

[0zzy]

2nd isnt bad.
wish he had had 2nd in all other places.

[SteveMartin]

Does anybody have updating results for CA, CO or AK?

[dt_]

too bad it counts for nothing
winner take all -_-

[Airborn]

2nd isnt bad.
wish he had had 2nd in all other places.

it's not bad, just sucks that this state was a winner take all

[pebcak]

YAHOO!!! GO Montana! :)

Edit: It was winner take all? bummer....

[white_chocolate_delicious]

counts for nothing? if it's a brokered convention those delegates can vote for whoever they want
if they're ron paul supporters then more delegates for ron
and a 2nd is great for motivation and getting the message out there

[firebirdnation]

Nice, looks like we took second place with 100% reporting!!

[RonPaulwillWin]

http://www.politico.com/

[nodope0695]

1. Romney 625 38%
2. Paul 400 25%
3. McCain 358 22%
4. Huckabee 245 15%

100% reporting

[ord33]

WOOOHOOO!!! I always knew I loved Montana! Great job!

[torchbearer]

Maybe Huck's delegates could swing their votes our way to give us first, and we can throw them some delegates in return.

[justatrey]

Too bad there weren't 225 more eligible Paul supporters in the entire state.

Don't forget its winner take all.

[phrizek]

Great job Montana!

[kirkblitz]

montana is winner take all


* Approximately 2,262 Republicans in leadership positions are eligible to vote in today's caucuses. The list includes voting members of the State Executive Committee, elected County Central Committee officers, elected or appointed Precinct Men and Women, incumbent Republican members of the Montana House of Representatives and Montana State Senate, incumbent Republican members of the PSC, and incumbent Republican officeholders in county, state, and Federal offices.

All 25 of Montana's delegates to the National Convention are bound to the candidate receiving the most votes statewide in today's caucus.

The delegates are bound to vote for the Caucus winner on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. The winning candidate is allowed to release the delegates to a different candidate.

[torchbearer]

Too bad there weren't 225 more eligible Paul supporters in the entire state.

Don't forget its winner take all.

Yeh, but there are 245 Huck delegates who may want to switch their votes to Ron so that they can get a few national delegates too.

[torchbearer]

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[jsu718]

I like the delegate sharing idea. Huck and Paul team up to alternate states and beat both McCain and Romney. :)
We can return the favor of 3 national delegates in return for the win.

[tpreitzel]

"Frank Discussions on Romney's campaign" are scheduled for February 6th! Looks like Romney's campaign will be making hard choices tomorrow. Ultimately, the question is: who blushes first?
Hopefully, Ron will do very well in Alaska!

[Molly1]

Why would Romney keep wasting his own money on a party that just kicks him in the teeth continually.

hmmm...maybe he'd like to be Ron Paul's running mate.

[tpreitzel]

Why would Romney keep wasting his own money on a party that just kicks him in the teeth continually.

hmmm...maybe he'd like to be Ron Paul's running mate.

Personally, Ron would likely never stand ideologically for Mitt as his running mate.

Anyway, I'm going to bed as I've been ill all day. I'll see where the dust settles by tomorrow.