Republicans Are Finally Getting Nervous About Ron Paul's Secret Delegate Strategy

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http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-wins-maine-nevada-republicans-mitt-romney-finally-getting-nervous-2012-5



For several weeks I have been writing about Ron Paul's upset victories at district and state GOP conventions, and about the surprising success of his delegate strategy. Now, with Paul's delegate sweeps in Maine and Nevada, it looks like Mitt Romney and the Republican Party are finally starting to catch on to the trend.

Paul supporters swept this weekend's state GOP conventions, picking up 21 of 24 RNC delegates in Maine and 22 out of 28 delegates in Nevada. The twin victories come on the heels of Paul's surprise delegate wins at district caucuses and state conventions in Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, and Louisiana, as well as a Paul-friendly takeover of the Alaska GOP.

Paul supporters have managed to stage these state-level coups despite significant resistance from local Establishment Republicans, many of whom are predictably reluctant to relinquish their power to the insurgents. So far, however, the Paul campaign has attributed most of the Establishment's "shenanigans" to local animosities.

But there is growing evidence that the Romney camp — and the national GOP — are stepping up their efforts to prevent an embarrassing Ron Paul uprising on the floor of the Republican National Convention.


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[rurallib]

1. the clown car ain't done quite yet

[Fumesucker]

2. The Paul hate here on DU is hilarious..

Paul practically defines the term "loose cannon" and he's rolling all over the Republican electoral ship, crushing and maiming as he goes..

The RNC is shaping up to drive popcorn sales among Democrats right into the stratosphere..

[Bake]

8. I loathe him for what he stands for ... hate, bigotry, ignorance.

But I applaud him for freaking out the GOP establishment.

Bake

[Capt. Obvious]

3. Come on Brokered Convention!

[gratuitous]

4. "Prevent an embarrassing Ron Paul uprising"

I think Gov. Skeletor has proffered the definitive solution. Look for a little Earp/Clanton action in Tampa.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Rachel has been documenting this as well.

What can I say, but go for it. If Mr Inevitable's team isn't paying attention to the little details of how procedure works in these things, then bring on the floor fight.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Not hapening

A close friend is a serious Paul supporter, she did everything she needed to do and as I understand it was set to be a delegate at the convention. The country GOP changed the paperwork and demoted her to alternate so a Romney delegate could take her spot.

It's a done deal, RP is naive to think he could get this done.

[yellowcanine]

7. Only threatens Romney's nomination on if he can't win on first ballot - doubtful.

But the Paul bots could sure mount some awesome floor demonstrations which could hurt Romney in the general election - much as the floor demonstrations for Bill Scranton hurt Goldwater in 1964 because it encouraged the moderate Republicans to vote for LBJ.