Paulistas fail at state GOP convention
Source: Journal Star
GRAND ISLAND -- Supporters of Ron Paul failed Saturday to secure even a near majority of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention.
Paulistas gained just two of the state's 35 delegates to the convention in Tampa, Fla., where Mitt Romney is expected to be chosen as the party's presidential nominee.
With the Nebraska convention -- the final state GOP convention of the year -- the Texas congressman's supporters had their last chance to ensure Paul would speak at the national convention. Winning a majority of the state's delegates would have given him a crucial fifth victory.
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greiner3
(5,214 posts)Is indicted between now and the convention who would YOU like to be the Republican candidate for president. My vote;
Ron Paul!
Then again, NOTHING is certain and President Obama could be caught doing something like, oh, reciting the Koran or he really WAS born in Kenya, or...
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)I'd want a real loser like these guys.
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)because if not.
pwhtckll
(72 posts)...I was looking forward to the GOP eating itself alive at the convention. It would have been good television.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)I was looking forward to having Mitt's coronation interrupted by Dr. Libertarian
may3rd
(593 posts)or a Dennis Kucinich at this point