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 | Mike Huckabee Momentum Crashes To A Halt In Wyoming |
Many Republican activists are busy coming up with reasons that their party’s presidential caucuses in Wyoming are unimportant (and managing to insult every Wyoming Republican in the process). Those most busy discounting the importance of democracy in Wyoming are those Republicans whose candidates aren’t doing well there - namely, supporters of Mike Huckabee, Rudolph Giuliani and Ron Paul. Oh yeah… Alan Keyes too, whom I would remember if he weren’t so insignificant in the 2008 race.
Ignore these spinmeisters, and focus on the reality: It matters that Wyoming Republicans have the opportunity to select their own delegates to the national Republican presidential convention this year. No, by the Wyoming Republican rules, those delegates are not absolutely locked in to vote for the candidate they say they will vote for. However, that’s quite often the case anyway, as delegates selected for a candidate who has dropped out of the race before the national convention are set free. Besides, the Wyoming Republican presidential delegates are almost all, theory aside, committing themselves to particular Republican presidential candidates.
So, let’s put the quibbles aside and see what’s going on in the Wyoming County Conventions for the presidential races today.
Mike Huckabee’s momentum coming out of Iowa has, so far counted for nothing. Not one county convention has voted him a delegate yet. Neither has the so-called Ron Paul Revolution managed to translate itself into the ballot box. After coming in a pathetic 5th place in Iowa, Ron Paul has no delegates from the Wyoming caucuses. Likewise, Rudolph Giuliani has gotten nothing from the Wyoming caucuses so far. Of course, Wyoming is far from New York City, but a presidential candidate can’t win just from delegates in New York anyway.
So, who has gotten delegates from the Wyoming caucuses today?
Mitt Romney: 6 delegates, 3 alternate delegates
Fred Thompson: 1 delegate, 1 alternate delegate
Duncan Hunter: 1 delegate, 1 alternate delegate
Uncommitted: 2 alternate delegates
John McCain: 1 alternate delegate
The selections of eight counties still have to be announced. So, look for an update soon.
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