I Ran the Caucus Tonight... With, IMO, a surprising win for Santorum...
- Thread starter Damocles
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the longer that the rep primary process goes on the better
what will be interesting is if no candidate reaches the convention with a majority of the delegates available
i cannot say i like santorum though
Airstrip One
Completely Effed
CO is the state of Tom Tancredo, afterall. I believe the race between him and Chickenlicker was a close one.
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Darla
It really is. A sweep. This is awesome.
poet
Banned
I'm so sorry for you. He doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hell, of being the nominee. Clearly, he is vying for Veep.
He would be a better choice than Rubio or Christie, but he is a goof and does not contrast well with Romney.
Honestly, does anyone belive Romney comes off as less stiff or less of a bore than Al Gore?
I am shocked and LMAO
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The Almighty
I can't believe he won CO. I saw that this morning and still can't wrap my mind around it. How the F did that happen.
Colorado has a streak of contrariness. Mostly based off the fact that the Caucus actually doesn't determine who our delegation votes for in the end.
2008, Mitt won but the delegation we sent to the National Convention were all pledged to McCain... Basically, this is a preference poll, who the State Convention votes for can, and often is, different than who wins the caucus. This is what we gave up when we went to the caucus system from the Primary we used to hold entirely too late to make a difference.
Mitt won 60% in 2008. That's a big reversal.
Why bother with the caucus if it doesn't matter at all? Isn't it more of a move of solidarity for delegates to be pledged to the eventual nominee even though a different candidate won the caucus? I don't know much about it, but the caucus seems to be more than just a preference poll. (I don't know if CO is like Iowa where the "results" released to the media aren't really the results, but I think Santorum won Colorado when all was said and done).
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
I wouldn't sell Santorum short. He might be an ultraconservative Catholic but of the four remaining Republican candidates he has the best understanding and ability to communicate about middle class bread and butter issues.
The caucus is where we elect the delegates for every level of assembly up to the State, at that convention some of those delegates will be elected to go to national. So, while the caucus doesn't decide who the delegation votes for (as there is no pledged delegate) it does elect the delegates that will eventually go as pledged to the eventual candidate.
The Presidential Preference poll is exactly that, an informal poll. That the caucus attendees know that is shown to be evident by the results that are often contrary to the eventual nominee. This is also true of both of the "Primaries" that were held on the same night. Oddly enough, Santorum "won" those contests, but is not guaranteed even one delegate from them...
So the caucus is entirely meaningless? That doesn't sound right at all. I mean, I can understand a scenario where Mitt wins every primary from now through April and at the time of your state assembly is clearly going to be the nominee and the delegates are pledged to him as a sign of solidarity. But I can't imagine a scenario where the race is close as of April and last night's caucus results are just thrown out the window and the delegates up and decide to pledge their votes to Mitt. I understand that it can happen, but it seems ... screwy.
To most of us too. I would prefer they simply move a Primary to an earlier date than play these games and give more power to the Party leadership. It annoys most of us that the vote for Presidential Nominee doesn't count for much.
Think about it. Last week Newt was talking about moon bases and Mitt was telling us the poor are just fine with all their handouts. It's not suprising that both of those douchebags were rejected.