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02-07-2008, 12:59 PM
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/still-winning-even-when-behind/
Still Winning, Even When Behind
By Julie Bosman
Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, has not let an overall distant finish in his party’s primaries and caucuses on Tuesday put a dent in his presidential aspirations. In fact, his campaign says he walked away with a prize.
“We’re confident that we’ve secured at least 24 delegates,” a Paul campaign spokesman, Jesse Benton, said on Wednesday.
Some Republican Party officials have declined to confirm the campaign’s projections. The Paul campaign said it won nine delegates in Minnesota, but Mark Drake, a spokesman for that state’s Republican Party, chuckled after hearing the suggestion. While it is “theoretically possible” that Mr. Paul could pick up delegates, Mr. Drake said, they have not yet been awarded.
In West Virginia, the campaign says, Mr. Paul won three delegates. But the chief executive of the West Virginia Republican Presidential Convention, Bob Fish, said that his state had a “winner-take-all” format and that Mike Huckabee of Arkansas “won the 18 delegates.” Mr. Fish noted that delegates were not “legally bound” to support Mr. Huckabee.
Mr. Benton acknowledged that there was “some confusion.”
Still, after the official delegate counts have been determined, Mr. Paul is likely to come away with some. North Dakota party officials, for instance, said Mr. Paul won 21 percent of the vote in that state’s caucus and five delegates.
The Paul campaign said it was looking ahead to the Texas primary on March 4. Mr. Paul will appear on Sunday at a campaign rally in his hometown, Lake Jackson, Tex.
Still Winning, Even When Behind
By Julie Bosman
Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, has not let an overall distant finish in his party’s primaries and caucuses on Tuesday put a dent in his presidential aspirations. In fact, his campaign says he walked away with a prize.
“We’re confident that we’ve secured at least 24 delegates,” a Paul campaign spokesman, Jesse Benton, said on Wednesday.
Some Republican Party officials have declined to confirm the campaign’s projections. The Paul campaign said it won nine delegates in Minnesota, but Mark Drake, a spokesman for that state’s Republican Party, chuckled after hearing the suggestion. While it is “theoretically possible” that Mr. Paul could pick up delegates, Mr. Drake said, they have not yet been awarded.
In West Virginia, the campaign says, Mr. Paul won three delegates. But the chief executive of the West Virginia Republican Presidential Convention, Bob Fish, said that his state had a “winner-take-all” format and that Mike Huckabee of Arkansas “won the 18 delegates.” Mr. Fish noted that delegates were not “legally bound” to support Mr. Huckabee.
Mr. Benton acknowledged that there was “some confusion.”
Still, after the official delegate counts have been determined, Mr. Paul is likely to come away with some. North Dakota party officials, for instance, said Mr. Paul won 21 percent of the vote in that state’s caucus and five delegates.
The Paul campaign said it was looking ahead to the Texas primary on March 4. Mr. Paul will appear on Sunday at a campaign rally in his hometown, Lake Jackson, Tex.