January 23, 2008

Ron Paul Wins Louisiana?

Early Word on Louisiana Caucus Results

I am told, by a campaign source, that the Louisiana caucuses have McCain in first, Ron Paul a close second, and Romney in third. Not confirmed yet.

UPDATE: A dramatically different report here, which has uncommitted “pro-life/pro-family” slate sweeping.

Remember, this is to select delegates to the state convention, who pick the delegates to the national convention. The state has a separate presidential primary, on Feb. 9. If a candidate gets 50 percent +1 — not unthinkable if Florida and Super Duper Tuesday narrow the field some — then that candidate automatically gets 20 of the state’s 47 delegates. If no candidate meets that threshold, then the state convention selects almost all of the state’s delegates. campaignspot.nationalreview.com

01/23 10:31 AM

The Louisiana GOP Caucus is today (January 22nd) from 5 to 8 p.m. Central Time and Dr. Paul has a good shot at not only winning 1st place but taking ALL 44 of the National Delegates.

Why, you ask?

Since Louisiana has both a primary and a caucus, the caucus has very poor attendance, and so every vote counts. The caucus is not well publicized and many in the state don’t even know they have a Caucus. Furthermore, the delegates elected at these caucuses are the only thing that matters — the primary in February is completely non-binding in Louisiana.

If Paul supporters are able to get the word out now, he could do very well. lewrockwell.com

For Updates: www.gop.com/News or LaGOP.com

So… Who Won the Louisiana GOP Caucus?

…..When Fred moseyed off the stage, his canny organizers backed the PLPF slate and handed out ballots like the one pictured (below), encouraging people to “win one for the Gipper” by voting for now-homeless delegates. “It was a very slick move on their part,” Axom said.

A sizable of number of Paul voters were not registered Republicans until recently (some may not have re-registered at all), so they didn’t show up on the rolls and had to cast provisional ballots. In all but two districts (where there aren’t enough provisional ballots to affect the outcome) the party is counting them to see if they 1)were cast by registered Republicans and 2)add up to a win….. Full Article: reason.com