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The official results are not in yet, but I’m told that McCain beat all of the other candidates. The conservative “uncommitted” effort — designed to influence the party platform — might have come out ahead of everyone. There will be a lot of horse-trading at the state convention for the support of the uncommitted delegates, but many of them cut deals with McCain. Can John McCain win in the South, with Thompson gone? It’s not a terribly representative “election,” but last night was at least an indication that he can.
Ron Paul finished second. His supporters reportedly mobbed the 11 polling places, but many of them could not participate because they were not registered Republicans. They were required to cast provisional ballots, many of which will not count. (The provisional ballots are part of the reason for the delay in tallying the results.)
Romney came in third, despite what appears to have been more than a token effort. Huckabee’s failure to participate is baffling — he could have easily won this one, and it would have been a nice bounce for him after his loss in South Carolina.
I’m just curious where Uncommitted “Drinking/Whoring” came in. I was really hoping they’d have a good showing.
Big S on January 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Right behind Romney and the Uncommitted Death/Destruction crowd. There was talk of the two groups uniting under a single platform, but you can’t have whoreoff if you’re dead.
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OK, I guess, … still don’t understand it.
bnelson44 on January 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM
A little more from the corner:
The official results are not in yet, but I’m told that McCain beat all of the other candidates. The conservative “uncommitted” effort — designed to influence the party platform — might have come out ahead of everyone. There will be a lot of horse-trading at the state convention for the support of the uncommitted delegates, but many of them cut deals with McCain. Can John McCain win in the South, with Thompson gone? It’s not a terribly representative “election,” but last night was at least an indication that he can.
Ron Paul finished second. His supporters reportedly mobbed the 11 polling places, but many of them could not participate because they were not registered Republicans. They were required to cast provisional ballots, many of which will not count. (The provisional ballots are part of the reason for the delay in tallying the results.)
Romney came in third, despite what appears to have been more than a token effort. Huckabee’s failure to participate is baffling — he could have easily won this one, and it would have been a nice bounce for him after his loss in South Carolina.
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bnelson44 on January 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM
I’m just curious where Uncommitted “Drinking/Whoring” came in. I was really hoping they’d have a good showing.
Big S on January 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Right behind Romney and the Uncommitted Death/Destruction crowd. There was talk of the two groups uniting under a single platform, but you can’t have whoreoff if you’re dead.
malan89 on January 23, 2008 at 1:41 PM