Missouri GOP caucuses on Saturday — Ron Paul’s last stand?
Saturday morning (times vary slightly depending on the site), Republicans from around the state will gather at various locations to select delegates.
The voting is the first step in a multi-tier process to select the delegates and the alternates who will get to go to the GOP presidential convention next summer in Minneapolis.
ALL of the delegates from Missouri will be committed to presumptive GOP nominee John McCain, who won the state party’s primary on Feb. 5.
On the Republican side, Missouri is a winner-take-all state, so no other Republican captured any of the 58 delegates at stake. (The Republican Party also doesn’t have any “super delegates,” as do the Democrats, so there are no big-name free agents to worry about.)
So Saturday’s sessions will focus solely on who those delegates will be. After the delegate-selection process is completed later this spring, the GOP committed delegates are expected to include many of the party’s big names, as well as rank-and-file activists.
In any event, there are rumors afoot that some Ron Paul loyalists plan to show up at some of Saturday’s GOP caucuses and to see if some of their own can be elected delegates. It’s unclear what their aim is, since the delegates MUST back McCain.
The sites for Saturday’s caucuses can be found by clicking here.
Hey Nick, Thanks so much for your comments and (repeated) opinions. I`d think it`s fair to say you have said your piece. Your repeated argument only marginalizes your stance and makes you look somewhat childish when you post a rebuttal to everything people post. Why not call it quits. We all got your point. K?
My opinion (if that is alright with you) is that Ron Paul has started a large heavy train moving. The so called Revolution is in progress. It is not about Ron Paul, it is about unbridled freedom. But… People, many of them new to politics, are looking up to R/P as a mentor, per se, and for him to stand by and watch McCrazy bull his way to a victory when 78% of Republicans do not want him as president, is tantamount to turning his back on all the hard work already done. The train is moving. It has lots of momentum. A Libertarian run would at the least give all of us disenfranchised voters a candidate, it makes a statement the GOP CANNOT ignore, it forces McHate to come to the negotiation table to alter his plan to grant amnesty, have a 100 year war, and continue to ride roughshod over the Constitution.
Everyone that cares about this country can vote for what is right, or they can vote for the lesser of two evils. When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you are still voting for EVIL.
Sleep tight kiddies!……