Posted on 02/05/2008 12:58:25 PM PST by sdnet
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee enjoys the first victory on Super Tuesday for the Republicans as he takes all 18 delegates in the state of West Virginia, winning 52% of the vote, although rumors abound regarding the McCain campaign's possible instruction to their delegates to switch to his side.
Mitt Romney finished second with 47% of the vote, followed by McCain at 1%.
Rumors are circulating that the McCain campaign instructed their delegates to defect over to Mike Huckabee's side as to avoid a Romney victory. Nationally, McCain is significantly ahead of Huckabee and can afford giving the state's 18 delegates to Huckabee, but certainly not to Romney, who was originally in the lead when polling began in West Virginia by a wide margin and trails McCain nationally by only 17 delegates.
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HUCK must be getting money from somewhere.....gee....wonder where....and PROMISES, too.
This is the way politics work. The majority of the delegates in that room did not want Romney, and they cooperated to reach that result. What is wrong with that?
By the way, I voted for Romney today.
McCain is going to be more hated than any democrat ever could have been, it’s so strange that he thinks he can reach conservatives, it’s bewildering really, do you think he really knows how much we want Romney to win? Oh, well, I’m not losing sleep over it, like I said, I will vote for a democrat in this election if McCain wins and feel very good about it too.
Not to the tune of 20-1
As Senator McCain is destined to find out in November...
Before there’s 2000 replies all talking about conspiracy theories about McCain and Huckabee..
Why doesnt everyone take a deep breath first..and look at the way WV conducts their convention..
Its a very simple process..if no candidate gets 50 +1 on the first ballot, it goes to a 2nd ballot..where everyone is free to vote again.
My advice to Team Romney would be in quoting him. “No whining”.... Team Romney couldn’t close the deal again.. So..lets see here...that makes..Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and now West Virginia where Mitt Romney arrogantly thought winning was a fait accompli..and ended up getting beat because of his arrogance.
Huck gets his money from the same place that the little boy got the loaves and fishes. Huck said so.
“Rumors are circulating that the McCain campaign instructed their delegates to defect over to Mike Huckabee’s side as to avoid a Romney victory.”
I don’t get it. Wouldn’t it avoid a Romney victory if they voted for McCain? Why did they have to vote for Huck to avoid a Romney victory?
Back room deals are not new to us in W.Va., but this is just heartbreaking. McCain will not get my vote....ever.
he didn't run negative ads against them. Romney told the truth about them...it just seemed negative. Truth hurts.
he didn't run negative ads against them. Romney told the truth about them...it just seemed negative. Truth hurts.
Any expected date when there'll be real conservatives back in the race to not reject? We've got the Huckster, Mitt "I like mandates" Romney and John "Keeting who?" McCain.
If a real conservative is one who won't vote for a liberal, there's plenty to reject.
Oh, I get it now. Sorry.
Who were the “legitimate conservative candidates” in your opinion?
Legal or not, it's still wrong and reeks of Clintonian politics. Here's hoping for a monumental backlash.
Slick Willard certainly was the one outsmarted, even though I was given specific assurances that he’s the smartest guy in any room.
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