RPit
01-21-2012, 07:52 PM
As we already know, the States we can't win, its best that someone who will at some point perhaps 'drop out' or contribute to the possibility of a brokered Convention win.
As far as I can tell from the map and the results.... (irrespective of what the media tells you as the delegate count)
Romney gets ZERO delegates from South Carolina.
Gringrich gets ALL 25 delegates.
This is based on the fact that the winner gets 11 delegates automatically (Gingrich), the rest are given to winners of each Congressional District, and as far as I can tell Gingrich will win ALL of the 6 (7?) Congressional Districts.
Which means from this State all of the delegates will go to Gingrich. In the case that Gingrich drops out at some later time, those delegates would be open, and the liklihood that there are Ron Paul supporters as delegates is there.
Which means Gingrich winning South Carolina, in terms of our overall goal with regards to delegates is very good news. In the event Gingrich drops out, or a brokered convention (likelihood increases with 3rd man in the race), we WILL get a share of those delegates. It is much better than someone like Romney getting any delegates and reach the magic number.
Of course doing better and winning is always better. But to lift-up some people, remember the game isn't over. Its all about the delegates at the end of it. We weren't even expecting to be campaigning in South Carolina until we saw a bump in the polls after NH, so it was a 'lost cause' before and it just turned out that way. No reason to get down.
Work HARD for the Caucus States! We are still very much in this, irrespective of what the media says or us 'not winning' any State yet. We might be doing very well in delegate counts, don't believe what media outlets site as delegate counts.
The longer this race drags on, the more people that make broker convention a possibility the better GIVEN that WE WILL NOT GIVE UP and will fill those delegate positions with all our grassroots effort.
This result essentially tells us that we could end up GAINING delegates from a State we had no hope of getting anything from. The victory by Gingrich WAS A GAIN for US!!!
As far as I can tell from the map and the results.... (irrespective of what the media tells you as the delegate count)
Romney gets ZERO delegates from South Carolina.
Gringrich gets ALL 25 delegates.
This is based on the fact that the winner gets 11 delegates automatically (Gingrich), the rest are given to winners of each Congressional District, and as far as I can tell Gingrich will win ALL of the 6 (7?) Congressional Districts.
Which means from this State all of the delegates will go to Gingrich. In the case that Gingrich drops out at some later time, those delegates would be open, and the liklihood that there are Ron Paul supporters as delegates is there.
Which means Gingrich winning South Carolina, in terms of our overall goal with regards to delegates is very good news. In the event Gingrich drops out, or a brokered convention (likelihood increases with 3rd man in the race), we WILL get a share of those delegates. It is much better than someone like Romney getting any delegates and reach the magic number.
Of course doing better and winning is always better. But to lift-up some people, remember the game isn't over. Its all about the delegates at the end of it. We weren't even expecting to be campaigning in South Carolina until we saw a bump in the polls after NH, so it was a 'lost cause' before and it just turned out that way. No reason to get down.
Work HARD for the Caucus States! We are still very much in this, irrespective of what the media says or us 'not winning' any State yet. We might be doing very well in delegate counts, don't believe what media outlets site as delegate counts.
The longer this race drags on, the more people that make broker convention a possibility the better GIVEN that WE WILL NOT GIVE UP and will fill those delegate positions with all our grassroots effort.
This result essentially tells us that we could end up GAINING delegates from a State we had no hope of getting anything from. The victory by Gingrich WAS A GAIN for US!!!