Still in 3rd with 78% of the vote in

[Grimsatire]

And the only reason why we didn't win?? The worst timed email in the history of political campaigns I can ever imagine...

Without that e-mail yesterday...we would have won!

[Austin]

And the only reason why we didn't win?? The worst timed email in the history of political campaigns I can ever imagine...

Without that e-mail yesterday...we would have won!

Sadly, I agree.

[itshappening]

what email?

edit: oh no, I doubt it had much of an effect

[Galt1776]

I agree re the e-mail. Poorly worded and poorly timed. I think RP owes everyone an explanation re this incident. In any event, the campaign c/h waited 2 days to release the statement.

[kickzman]

What the hell are u talkin about everyone knows this shyt was rigged?

[fortilite]

This thread is silly. An email caused RP to get third? Give me a break.

[Omnis]

And the only reason why we didn't win?? The worst timed email in the history of political campaigns I can ever imagine...

Without that e-mail yesterday...we would have won!

Yeah, this campaign has been the most poorly managed I've ever seen.

[Slugg]

Yeah, this campaign has been the most poorly managed I've ever seen.

That's because we have a statesman doing a politicians job. I love the Ron Paul message, but he's no politician...at all. He's a statesmen and a philosopher...and we need more like him. Sadly, his representation was just no match for the other's misrepresentation.....If he would have done anything else, he wouldn't be Ron Paul; and we wouldn't be here.

[Ayse]

Washington worst Political System in the history of the Universe.

Saturday 9 February 2008: Precinct Caucuses.

Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Participants are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections). Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention. The County Conventions will, in turn, choose delegates to the State Convention. There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

The Caucuses initiate the process of electing 18 (49% of 37) of the National Convention delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".


Tuesday 19 February 2008: Primary.

19 (1 from each of the 9 Congressional Districts and 10 at-large) of Washington's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of voting in today's Washington Presidential Primary. Voters are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections).

* 9 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 9 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 1 National Convention delegate and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive that district's National Convention delegate.
* 10 delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 20 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.



Saturday 22 March - Saturday 3 May 2008 (tentative date): Republican Party County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to both the Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention.

* County Conventions choose both the county's delegates to the Republican Party Convention of the Congressional District the county is a part of as well as the county's delegates to the Washington State Republican Convention. Again, there is no formal system applied in the County Convention to relate the presidential preference of the County Convention delegates to the choice of the county's delegates to either the Republican Convention of the Congressional District in which the county is located or the Washington State Republican Convention; each County Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.
* Once more, there is no formal system governing how the District Convention is to go about indicating its presidential preference to the State Convention. It is the delegates in attendance at the Congressional District Convention alone who decide how best to go about this.



Friday 30 May - Saturday 31 May 2008: The State Convention convenes.

There is no formal system applied in the State Convention to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the National Convention delegates. The participants at the State Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

* The State convention elects 18 delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".
* 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Washington's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.\

[tpreitzel]

This thread is silly. An email caused RP to get third? Give me a break.

Right. The assumption that an e-mail released less than 24 hours prior to the primaries could affected the results in any significant manner is pretty silly. ;)

[Sematary]

I thought Ron Paul was going to WIN Washington? Didn't he have like 45% with 60% of the precincts reporting?

[Austin]

There are a ton of people on the forum that gave up on Ron Paul after the email, even plenty of veterans. Surely, the email which goes out to dozens of thousands of people, caused a few hundred votes in Washington.

Oh, yeah.. we are only down by a few hundred votes. And think, if the email had the opposite tone, encouraging people to show up and saying we still have a shot, then we would have placed first, or at least second.

[tpreitzel]

There are a ton of people on the forum that gave up on Ron Paul after the email, even plenty of veterans. Surely, the email which goes out to dozens of thousands of people, caused a few hundred votes in Washington.

Oh, yeah.. we are only down by a few hundred votes. And think, if the email had the opposite tone, encouraging people to show up and saying we still have a shot, then we would have placed first, or at least second.

Ton? I doubt it. ;) You can believe it if you want. I do agree that the e-mail should have been worded a bit differently, but the original was plenty clear if read carefully. Furthermore, I wouldn't place too much faith in the reported results anyway. Only when large numbers of the state delegations actually VOTE for their respective national delegates will the picture clear. In my opinion, the rules for the state caucuses are so varied that only the campaigns really have much of a clue as they have a vested interest in knowing the actual truth.

[pacelli]

And the only reason why we didn't win?? The worst timed email in the history of political campaigns I can ever imagine...

Without that e-mail yesterday...we would have won!

Yeah that email shattered a lot of souls last night.