Posted on 06/01/2012 3:23:27 PM PDT by JohnKinAK
Incredible developments have emerged spelling out how Romney may not have actually taken the nomination, after all. Even with news circulating like wildfire that Romney secured the Republican nomination with an alleged win in Tuesday's Texas Primary, it seems as though this may not actually be the case. Ironically enough, Romney still may not have even taken Texas, yet. After a careful comb through the numbers, how the race is playing out and what delegate totals are emerging from the states, it seems as though Romney currently has only around half of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. So, why is the 'national' media acting this way? Are they incorrectly still using the 'estimated' delegate totals, based on the initial caucuses and primaries from each state, while ignoring the actual delegate totals emerging as the states finally begin to conclude their weeks-long delegate selection processes? Advertisement Every 4 years the GOP does the exact same nomination process and all 50 states play their roll in that process. Some states conclude rather quickly, some rather slowly. Most of the states, however, have some sort of post-caucus/primary delegate selection process that can take, up to, a couple months to complete. This virtually renders the ultimate outcome unattainable until the vast majority of the states have fully concluded their delegate selection process. Until then, it is virtually impossible to know exactly what each candidate has, in terms of delegate totals. It is, however, possible to keep track of how the candidates are doing and how many delegates they are likely winning as the states progress in their delegate selection process.
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a tally of the actual delegate totals emerging from each state, Romney has around 600 delegates, Paul around 200.
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Total BS article. Romney has 1191 delegates, Paul has 137. California is about to vote. Without question Romney will win more delegates than he needs - or already has.
In MAine Romney won the Primary vote by several percentage points over Paul, but then got taken at the causus/determination level and Paul was awarded 21 delegates and Romney only got 4...which was a travesty IMHO because the vote was actually in Romney's favor, but Paul stacked the determination phase (which most people figure will just play out) and he made off with the Lion's share of the delegates.
Hasn't happened that way since because Romney got wise.
Here's my current tally based on all of that, and it is clear that Romney went over the top in Texas.
But she rented mini-mall space. I believe!!!
Heads up FReepers! There is still a chance to stop the liberal from Mass. who’s no better than Obama.
(Just kidding. It’s a done deal, unless Newt suddenly decides to stop saying nice things about Mitt and starts piling on about Bain Capital again).
He didnt “win” GA, SC or TN either...
I think romney is pretty certain to be the nominee. It looks as if the others have given up. But it it won’t be absolutely certain until the delegates vote at the convention.
excellent analysis Jeff
Hmmm, proper use of declaratory periods for cognitive effect, fairly decent conflation of Sarah with her daughter, a nice bumper-sticker false governorship summation, followed by a derogatory dismissal of her political stature, and finished up with a sexualized-rape equivalency neatly invoked through a Bill-as-rapist comparison.
Finally, a shill that read their entire procedure manual. Well done. Now, go get your gold star from Hillary.
And remember, if you wag your butt hard enough, she might also pat your head.
Oh, and also remember, that you are so important to Hillary that she will always reward your loyalty, and never, ever betray it if she ever comes into power.
Never.
Ever.
Delighted to see the bed wetting.
The GOPE needs to hear from at least a few of us seriously-done-with-the- establishment types.
Tuesday night they said on local TV that the bound delegates will not be known until New Mexico votes next week, so this is not a surprise to the informed.
All along the media hype has given the entire count to Romney as if these delegates were bound to him just cuz. They are not bound to Romney by the popular vote count, and no one remembers to consider caucas impact.
Many who are NOT voting for Romney are seriously NOT voting for Romney. We are NOT voting for the GOPE.
To make that point, some of us voted for Ron Paul because he is the only one who has a ground game going with the delegates that everyone is ignoring, in order to gain a seat at the table at convention. Not necessarily to win the nomination by any means, but to have a discussion and not a cram down at convention.
Some of us voted for Gingrich, or Santorum, whose campaigns are only suspended not conceeded.
Whatever harbinger we can throw into the cogs of these presumptuous sob’s in the GOPE for putting a socialist at the top of our ticket is all to the good.
Anyone who passed 5th grade math.
Why post this idiocy here?
I just couldn’t vote for him—I felt the same way..........
“The duck is in the noose.”
Your Iowa figures are incorrect.
About half of Iowa’s 28 delegates have not been selected. Of the half that have been, a large majority are Paul backers. Paul is certain to get an overall majority.
I voted for Ron Paul in Texas primary.
So you will be voting for the democrat presidential candidate in November if Mitt gets the republican nomination?
Newt got our two votes also.
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