7 May 2012
News – May 7, 2012
Ron Paul Could Still Win Enough Delegates To Deny Mitt Romney The Republican Nomination
This came as quite a surprise to me. It boils down to this: while Romney is winning state after state, Ron Paul has found a way to take the actual delegates. For example, Rick Santorum won Iowa – but Ron Paul managed to get 20 of the 28 delegates there, by making sure his people were around when the delegates were actually selected.
Basically, Ron Paul is exploiting a series of loopholes to wrack up lots of delegates, even though he isn’t actually winning very much. The point of the article is that he may be able to win enough delegates to keep Romney from getting the majority he needs, which would force a brokered convention.
Ultimately I doubt anything will come of this. Ron Paul may be able to force a messy convention, but that’s probably the extent of it. The party leadership is behind Romney; even in a brokered convention they’re not going to go and pick someone else. Ron Paul himself has no chance, and everyone else has already conceded the race. (I consider this to be a good thing; Ron Paul is deeply crazy, especially when it comes to foreign policy. He would be trashed so soundly in the general election that it would not even be funny.)
I do have to say this, though: Ron Paul is playing hardball, and is exploiting every loophole to win. I wish more people on our side showed that same enthusiasm and drive. All too often the Republican Party refuses to put up a fight at all. The Democrats howl and the Republicans quickly cave. We need people who are willing to stand up and fight.