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A Glimpse Inside the Ron Paul Caucus to Convention Effort
The Iowa Republican ^ | 03/09/12 | Craig Robinson

Posted on 03/09/2012 4:31:50 PM PST by Catholic Iowan

The organizers also state their desire to take control of the local Republican organization and the Republican State Central Committee (RSCC). When speaking about the RSCC, the organizer stated that they wanted a majority on the committee so that they could dictate how the party spends its money, emphasizing that money should only go to candidates that adhere to the platform.

(Excerpt) Read more at theiowarepublican.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: convention; delegates; ronpaul
Looks like the Ron Paul supporters are at it again. I guess they're not too concerned about representative government, as they will be trying to hijack Iowa's county conventions this weekend with an organized effort to seat as close to all the delegates at both the district and state conventions (in Iowa, those selected as delegates to the district convention automatically are delegates at the state convention). What's really a crock is that we have state central committee members who are also paid state staff of the RP campaign. Conflict of interest, anyone?
1 posted on 03/09/2012 4:32:01 PM PST by Catholic Iowan
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To: Catholic Iowan

At this point Paul is just staying in to play the spoiler.


2 posted on 03/09/2012 4:40:34 PM PST by circlecity
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To: Catholic Iowan

Ron Paul has gone beyond delusion to pure insanity, unfortunately I think his supporters are the same.
Constitutional lovers my behind.


3 posted on 03/09/2012 4:50:21 PM PST by svcw (CLEAN WATER http://www.longlostsis.com/PI/MayanHelp2012.html)
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To: Catholic Iowan

There should be no Caucuses. Each and every state should be a winner take all closed primary, only allowing party members to vote.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 4:58:23 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: KoRn

i.e. we should have saved all our time and money and annointed Romney our candidate.


5 posted on 03/09/2012 5:28:36 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Catholic Iowan

The GOP changed the rules at the last minute in order to annoint Romney. Now that Ron Paul is playing by the rules (that he did not choose) and making headway, you’re complaining? Talk about a crock.


6 posted on 03/09/2012 7:11:03 PM PST by billybudd
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To: svcw

What does this have to do with the constitution? We’re talking about the nominee selection process in a political party, not a government election. The rules were laid out by the Romney-loving GOP establishment, not by Ron Paul’s team.


7 posted on 03/09/2012 7:12:49 PM PST by billybudd
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To: billybudd

You must have me confused with someone else, as I’m no Romney fan. I won’t vote for him, and if the Paul supporters think this undermining of the will of the voters is ok, then there’s no way in heck I’d vote for him, either.


8 posted on 03/09/2012 9:17:51 PM PST by Catholic Iowan
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To: Catholic Iowan

It looks like the Paul people made this video private. Did you save a copy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3yVcHWINiI


9 posted on 03/09/2012 10:50:16 PM PST by iowamark (The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves)
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To: Catholic Iowan
How is Ron Paul undermining the will of the voters? All the candidates are following the exact same caucus rules. The votes in the caucus meeting determine the number of delegates, not the straw poll.

All last year we kept hearing how worthless the straw polls were that Ron Paul kept winning, that they weren't actual caucuses. Now that he's getting delegates in the caucus system, by the same rules as everyone else, he's "undermining the will of the voters". It's hilarious how the goal post keeps moving for Ron Paul alone... maybe the GOP should just have an open primary nationwide, to demonstrate the true will of the voters. But then Ron Paul would do well, as he has in open primaries, and the GOPers would clamor for closed primaries, as people have already done on this site.

The bottom line is: whatever Ron Paul does is bad and the rules should be changed to whatever will shut Ron Paul out of the process.
10 posted on 03/11/2012 9:39:56 AM PDT by billybudd
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To: billybudd

Ron Paul has done well??? That’s news to me. Tell me, billybudd, what states Paul has won?

BTW - at least in my county, the Paul supporters failed miserably in their attempt to hijack the convention, which leads me to believe his support isn’t nearly as big as his supporters believe. A very vocal minority. A mile wide and an inch deep.


11 posted on 03/11/2012 5:06:22 PM PDT by Catholic Iowan
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To: Catholic Iowan

Haha, we’re going around in circles now... If Ron Paul “failed miserably” at trying to “hijack” the convention (by following the GOP rules), then what are you worried about? How can he “undermine the will of the voters” if he’s failing so badly?


12 posted on 03/11/2012 9:11:09 PM PDT by billybudd
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