sailingaway
05-07-2012, 08:37 AM
Maine Republicans backing Ron Paul have learned a lot since March when their candidate's second-place finish to Mitt Romney was decided by three points in a straw poll that they say was manipulated by the Maine Republican party's inner circle.
Since then, Maine's Ron Paul supporters have learned a thing or two about how to run a convention. And this weekend, they ran Maine's Republican establishment right out of Augusta Civic Center.
"Most of us, if you ask us any questions about Roberts Rules of Order, we know it, rules of the convention, we know it, how to get delegates, we know it -- the archaic rules of the Republican party, we know them," said Matt MacDonald, a Ron Paul supporter from Belfast.
MacDonald and other Maine delegates who are behind the Texas congressman moved fast and overwhelmed the party's establishment core. First, the Ron Paul supporters were able to narrowly elect one of their own members as convention chair. Brent Tweed defeated party establishment candidate Charles Cragin and then went on to craft the remainder of the convention in a way that only emphasized the presidential component of the convention.
more at link (but they don't mention that it was obstruction by the Romney folks that meant there was no time for the Senate candidates. At the end of the day we still weren't able to finish business.
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/21699/Default.aspx
Since then, Maine's Ron Paul supporters have learned a thing or two about how to run a convention. And this weekend, they ran Maine's Republican establishment right out of Augusta Civic Center.
"Most of us, if you ask us any questions about Roberts Rules of Order, we know it, rules of the convention, we know it, how to get delegates, we know it -- the archaic rules of the Republican party, we know them," said Matt MacDonald, a Ron Paul supporter from Belfast.
MacDonald and other Maine delegates who are behind the Texas congressman moved fast and overwhelmed the party's establishment core. First, the Ron Paul supporters were able to narrowly elect one of their own members as convention chair. Brent Tweed defeated party establishment candidate Charles Cragin and then went on to craft the remainder of the convention in a way that only emphasized the presidential component of the convention.
more at link (but they don't mention that it was obstruction by the Romney folks that meant there was no time for the Senate candidates. At the end of the day we still weren't able to finish business.
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/21699/Default.aspx