I see. I had the wrong impression about the Alabama apportionment. I’d still like to know if the states where Romney did win some delegates will select national delegates that have to vote for him on the first ballot since he’s already dropped out but still eligible by winning at least 5 states. I have zero idea about what happens with the delegates the other dropouts won since they won’t be eligible for nomination.
These selected delegates should be getting lots of scrutiny. If any of them can be shown to have had Democrat tendencies in the past, they are supposed to be dismissed and replaced with an alternate I do believe.
I don’t know the details of Romney’s delegates but if I remember correctly the Michigan GOP unbound his delegates. And I think I read where some or most indicated they’d support McCain but they aren’t listed as McCains.
Louisiana had unbound delegates for both their caucus and primary since no candidate won by a majority. Many of the delegates that were selected indicated they would support McCain from what I read after their State Convention even thought Huckabee came in a close 2nd.
Some states such as Nevada where Romney won delegates haven’t had their State Convention to select the delegates. So who knows how they will choose at that point.
Another example is Montana where Romney won all 25 delegates to the National Convention. By Montana rules they are bound to vote for the the caucus winner on the first vote however, the winning candidate is allowed to release the delegates to a different candidate. I’m assuming the release occurred in the following announcement.
Romney endorsement of McCain back on Feb. 14:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/14/politics/main3831892.shtml
CBS/AP) Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney endorsed John McCain for the party’s presidential nomination and asked his national convention delegates to swing behind the likely nominee.