The Real Delegate Count - It's Over!
 

Just thought I would get a jump start on the new thread I am sure PO is going to start once Romney is nominated on the first ballot at the GOP Convention!:happydance:thumbsup:icecream

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I see you've had your coffee this morning. :hypercoffee

Hang on, I have a new clip to add. :heeheehee

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Yep, it's over.

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Looks like that will certainly be so after Utah on the 26th.

Current count: Romney - 1107

http://www.thereal2012delegatecount.com/

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The Real Delegate Count of delegates who prefer a

candidate, not those "bound" to a candidate

Romney 419, Paul 263, Gingrich 106, Santorum 41



Federal Lawsuit has been filed claiming

NO DELEGATES ARE BOUND!

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SankaCoffee,

You malcontents can dream on. Romney has the nomination and it is time for Republicans to unite to get the Socialist in Chief out of office.

Then you guys can strategize how to get a candidate who is so conservative he would never win the general election nominated for 2016 or 2020.

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How many of you want to bet that Romney is going to morph into the new socialist in chief if he wins the presidency? :nod

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I am willing to be that Romney at his worst will be a lot better than Obama at his best.

From a practical standpoint Romney knows the only way he will get a second term is to keep the Republican base at least somewhat happy so that will restrain him somewhat.

Right now the opposite is true. We have an avowed liberal as President who must placate his base of socialists, liberals, gay activists, unions, etc. Romney is not beholden to any of those groups.

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If perchance that Romney doesn't win, do I get to come back and call you a name? :hmmm

Thus far, during the month of June, Obama has consistently had an 11-point lead over Romney. I expect that might change after August. We shall see.

This is what I think the scenario is really about, this is my assessment. I believe the RNC and Romney strategists knew that Romney couldn't win, but were relying on Obama to beat himself. That is a pretty risky strategy, but just as an overview, I think that pretty well nails it.

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If you are talking about Romney winning the General I have never said that is a foregone conclusion. I have only said he is certain to get the nomination.

If you look at my posts you will see I have consistently expressed concern over the 30-40% of "independent" voters who determine each Presidential election. They typically are not politically involved very much and vote whichever way the wind is blowing and whichever candidate they feel the most comfortable with (one of the reasons by the way that in this age of media we MUST nominate candidates who are good communicators and appealing).

Added to the worry about the independents is that you malcontents could very well cost us a close election. If 5% of normally Republican voters stay home they will be handing the election to Obama.

Now if the tin foil hat Pauler's and other right wing activists miraculously turn the convention upside down as you dream of and Romney doesn't get the nomination - you can call me anything you want!

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Most of the Independents are former Republicans. And as a "malcontent", if you go missing, I'm going to demand that Romney submit to a colonoscopy. :heeheehee

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:ursofunny

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This statement is fundamentally in error. There are a significant group of independents who are not politically astute enough to consider themselves either Democrat or Republican. They just don't care so are uninformed and uneducated.

Sure there are some disgruntled Republicans who consider themselves independents just as there are some conservative leaning Democrats that are disgruntled with the Democrat party and so consider themselves independents.

That doesn't do away with who makes up the vast majority of independents and those are the ones I described as sticking their finger up in the air each election to see which way the wind is blowing and then base their vote on that or how they are "feeling" about a particular candidate.

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Media Audit put out a report earlier this year stating that the Republican Party has lost 15% of its strength between 2004 and 2012. That decline and the growth in Independents (Tea Party who became disenchanted with Republican politics) is pretty indicative that the growth came from the Republican Party.

And your statement characterizing an Independent sticking their finger in the air to see which way the wind blows, as though they don't calculate which candidate would best serve this country, is fundamentally in error.

When we moved to our area, there were only one or two Independents on our ballot. Now, there is an Independent running for every office. Pretty amazing.

They are simply disaffected political partisans who everyone runs to because, they decide the election. Politicians pander to get their vote. They are in the driver's seat. When they don't see anything worth driving to the voting booth for, they don't vote. They tilt elections from one major party to the other - so who needs the Independent? You do. :heeheehee