Pivotal GOP skirmish — what, in this state?

Seattle Times ^

[NavyCanDo]

Part of the Paul strategy is to take over vacant Republican precinct committee officer (PCO) positions. That's because PCOs automatically become delegates to county or legislative-district GOP conventions, where they can try to get elected as delegates to the state convention.

A local Paul campaign memo displayed a touch of paranoia about the effort. It urged Paul volunteers to consider concealing their support for him when volunteering as PCOs.

And for those who become PCOs, the memo suggested organizing caucuses in private homes, avoiding libraries or schools "where the establishment will be in full force and try to control everything."

Many of Paul's supporters are not Republicans, hence the tension between party leaders and his campaign.

Washington's caucus rules allow any registered voters to participate in their precinct's GOP caucuses, though participants must sign statements saying they won't also go to another party's caucuses.

[NavyCanDo]

Just one of the many ways Ron Paul gets so many votes, and why he is still in while good Republicans like Cain and Bachmann and pretty soon Santorum have dropped out.

[chopperman]

He’s probably being coached by ACORN on how to steal a Convention.

[vaudine]

his is certainly how the Dems gained so much power—by getting into key positions any way they could.<,p>vaudine

[Admin Moderator]

The title you created:

"Ron Paul dirty caucus strategy exposed (vanity)"

didn't match the linked article at the Seattle Times and had to be replaced.

For the future, a vanity would be an article that you have personally written. Unless you are the Seattle Times writer, the excerpted article you posted above from the Seattle Times was written by someone else making the addition of the word "vanity" to the title also an error.

Please just use the published title to prevent duplication. Thanks.

[NavyCanDo]

My bad. Trying to steer readers to the point in the story I was trying to make.