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Romney's Former Lt. Governor Loses Delegate Bid In Massachusetts
Ron Paul supporters flooded the state convention.
McKay Coppins
Mitt Romney's former Lieutenant Governor, Kerry Healey, lost her delegate bid to a Ron Paul supporter at the Massachusetts Republican convention Saturday, an alarming sign about Romney's organization in his old home state.
With the nomination in hand, Romney had put together a slate of Mass. delegates to represent him at the Republican National Convention in Tampa — but a surge of libertarian activists at the convention resulted in the defeat of many of Romney's picks.
More than half of the 27 delegate slots went to Paul supporters, the Globe reports. One of the casualties was Healey, who remains a top Romney supporter.
The defeat is symbolic: Under state rules, all delegates will still be bound to vote for Romney at the national convention, which Romney won handily last month. But the Massachusetts delegates will have the opportunity to make mischief with votes on the party platform and to elect a chairman — a suggestion that Paul could play an outsized role at the convention this spring.
BuzzFeed's phone calls to the Romney and Paul campaigns went unreturned.
SURPRISE! Ron Paul Destroyed Mitt Romney In Massachusetts This Weekend
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Paul's wins aren't likely to effect on Romney's all-but-certain coronation as the Republican nominee. Romney won the Massachusetts Republican primary with 72% of the vote, so 38 of the state's 41 RNC delegates are legally bound to vote for their former governor on the first ballot at the convention.
But the losses are an alarming indication that Romney's campaign organization is still woefully underdeveloped, even in the state where he served as governor, and where his campaign headquarters are located. Romney had a full slate of 27 delegates for Saturday's caucuses, and the losers included prominent Bay State Republicans, such as the Massachusetts House Minority Leader Bradley Jones, Jr., and former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, according to the Globe.
The Paul and Romney campaigns did not reply to Business Insider's requests for comment.
Massachusetts wasn't the only state where Paul notched delegate victories this weekend. The campaign announced Sunday that Paul supporters will make up 74% of the delegates at the Louisiana GOP convention, putting Paul in prime position to pick up a sizable chunk of the state's national convention delegates. Paul supporters also reportedly made inroads at Alaska's GOP convention, overcoming staunch opposition from the state party Establishment.
Even Paul's campaign advisors admit that, despite the success of their convention strategy, it would be virtually impossible to deny Romney the 1,144-delegate majority he needs to win the nomination on the first ballot. But delegates also vote on the convention chair, the vice president, and the party platform, and Romney could have a hard time controlling those votes if the delegate team he brings to the convention is loyal to another coach.
WND: Lockout! U.N. shuts out WND, 'Obama to blame'
| Lockout! U.N. shuts out WND, 'Obama to blame' |
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Now it's getting serious. The U.N. has locked out a WND reporter with 25 years experience covering major news. You won't believe the reason cited by Obama's henchmen ... Click here to read the full article. |
WND: Man threatened with jail for blogging about his health
| Man threatened with jail for blogging about his health |
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This may sound like a really bad joke, but it's true. A blogger in North Carolina is being threatened with jail time for "practicing nutrition without a license" by writing about his experiences with diabetes and telling readers what types of food he was eating. Seriously, is there anything we're actually ALLOWED to do anymore? Click here to read the full article. |
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