Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
GOP Votes Several Times In Louisiana Following the Ron Paul campaign, I wondered, "Why is he spending so much time in Louisiana lately?" The Primary won't be until after Super Tuesday. And then there are Caucuses....by DigitalBob
(Libertarian)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Today (Jan 22) in 11 cities, Republicans will attend caucuses, across the state's 7 congressional districts. Because of Louisiana's convoluted systems of caucus, primary and then convention, I had a hard time trying to figure out how this state is going to determine its 47 national delegates and how a candidate can find out if he wins.
The only candidate that has spent much time there in the last week is Ron Paul. Yesterday he campaigned in Shreveport, Kenner, and Baton Rouge. John McCain made a few appearances last December. I think most of the campaigns must be confused when the delegates are getting selected, or they are really concentrating on Florida, like Rudy Giuliani is doing. Romney, McCain, and Huckabee get plenty of national press, so they maybe they can afford to skip this one. But with 47 delegates, I would think that Louisiana would get more attention. I almost missed it.
But here is how it works, I think. Today (Jan 22), anyone who is a registered Republican can go to one of 11 cities where they can vote for up to 15 delegates and 15 alternates to the state convention. Some of these ballots have 50, 70 or more choices. If Match.com had worked like this, I would have never gotten a date.
These delegates will choose 44 of the 47 that will go to the national convention to pick the presidential candidate. Three delegates are not elected, because they are the party chair people for the state.
But it gets weirder. On Feb 9, there is also a primary. 20 of those 44 could be determined by Republicans directly. If in the primary, one candidate gets more than half the vote, 20 of those delegates go to that candidate. If no one gets more than half the vote, the primary doesn't count, and those 44 are determined by the state delegates.
Then there are rules regarding committed and uncommitted at the national convention, if there is no clear winner on the first ballot. By then I had to stop researching, write something here, and get ready for work.
The "I think" part above means that I could have missed a lot in my one-day research. The LA-GOP Website has information regarding today's caucus, such as your polling place for your parish and the lists of state delegate candidates. But if you want to know how the process works, who are the presidential candidates, or just about anything else, it is pretty useless. Many of the pages just have "Coming Soon" or have broken links.
If you plan to vote, you need to go to the caucus places before 5 p.m. today. You might want to get there early and have someone explain the process better than I did.
So which election really counts, the caucus or the primary? Regardless what happens on the Feb 9th primary, the Jan 22nd caucus still influences the majority of the delegation to the national convention.
By what I've read in many articles in the last few hours, Ron Paul and Fred Thompson grass roots have been beating the bushes, trying to get their delegates elected. The Mitt Romney campaign has used an email blitz of possible Republican caucus goers to try to influence their vote. I can't tell who is doing what. There are no polls showing the possible outcomes, because no one knows how to formulate the questions!
The Ron Paul campaign is playing it smart. If he can show the caucus goers that his is the right message, and no one else is paying attention to Louisiana, he might get an edge. It may be better time spent than going to Florida. Although Florida has 57 delegates in play, that state's primary is a week away. With all the GOP candidates there, his message would be harder to hear.
When you're the only one in the room, a whisper can sound like thunder.
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I think the caucuses are probably the more important part, but are not known as well as the primary. I think the only thing you are really missing is this: If you want to vote in the caucuses, you have to be a Registered Republican before Nov. 30, and if you want to vote in the primary, you have to be a registered republican before Jan. 9.
The caucuses are less attended and devoted grass root supporters seem to pull through pretty big on these days, so expect Ron Paul and Thompson to do well, but the primary will probably be up for grabs as I don't see any candidate getting 50% of the vote so no one will know who the delegates will vote for until the convention.
I think there needs to be allot of buzz going on in Lousiana right now about Ron Paul he is super smart becuase yeah that's true if your the only one in a room a whisper can sound like thunder, and I think he needs to stick with the economy issues, he needs to keep playing over and over the fact that he got endorsements from 'Roe' ...
I mean 40-47 delegates that's a huge chunk... I think a nice advertisement would be this,
"Show the disaster of hurricane katrina, and than show us fighting wars around the world.....
and than ask.....we have the logistics to fight two wars in two nations but not the organization to help our people here in america???
Posted By: J. Shane Savoie
Date: 2008-01-23 13:26:51
The fact that none of the Big Media are reporting on the LA caucus results leads me to suspect that Dr. Paul likely did very well. I saw virtually no mention of his 2nd place finish in NV until two days after SC primary.
MSM does NOT want to lend the impression that the r3VOLution is gaining momentum, especially if positive press might influence people to look at his positions on issues, rather than being distracted by hit-piece yellow journalism.
This isn't about Ron Paul. It is a movement led by the People, for the People.
All Presidential Candidates for the 2008 election belong or are funded by a group started by Skull and Bones of Yale called the Council on Foreign Relations, a war mongering group that disguises itself as a think tank. Most members belong to Skull and Bones, the Bilderbergs, the Trilateral Commission, etc. just like Kerry and Bush (both Boneheads). Again, these Nazi sympathizing groups have stacked both sides of the ticket to assure themselves control of the government. Check it out 2008 Presidential Candidates Members of the CFR include:
Democrat CFR Candidates:
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton (Yale Law, Editor Yale Review of Law and Social Action), John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson
Republican CFR Candidates:
Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich
Corporate members include:
Halliburton of Dubai, British Petroleum, Dutch Royal Shell, Exxon Mobile, General Electric (NBC), Chevron, Lockheed Martin, Merck Pharmaceuticals, News Corp (FOX), Bloomberg, IBM, Time Warner, JP Morgan/ Chase Manhattan & several other major financial institutions.
Other Notable Members Include:
Dick Cheney (Director 1987-1988), John Kerry, Bill Clinton (Yale Law, met Hillary while attending), Al Gore, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, John, David & Nelson Rockefeller, Condolezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Alan Greenspan (Director 1987-1988), Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, Angelina Jolie (Yes, the actress has a five year term membership as an ambassador), Lewis �Scooter� Libby, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Maurice Hank Greenberg (Vice Chairman & Director).
The goals of the CFR are best described by its very own members. Bill Clinton's Georgetown mentor and CFR member Carroll Quigley states: "The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England... [and]...believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one world rule established." Quigley differs from many of his CFR colleagues in that he believes their plan for a new world order should be more publicly disclosed. In his book Tragedy and Hope, Quigley concedes he is unique among his peers in that he believes the new world order plan of global government's "role in history is significant enough to be known." Quigley also admits that the two-party system allows for both groups to be controlled at the highest level but operate like bitter rivals. As Quigley says, this gives the voters the chance to "throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound of extreme shifts in policy." Controlling Washington elite allowed private central banks to �dominate the political system...and economy of world as a whole" and implement a new system of "feudalist fashion" through "secret agreements." Although he believes the CFR's intentions should be more public, Quigley understands the average person doesn't understand feudalism or serfdom and will never read his book. "The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists." J. Edgar Hoover
President Kennedy said of Freemasonry: "The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it." President John F. Kennedy � address to newspaper publishers, April 27, 1961
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt
Take back America with a vote for either Ron Paul or Mike Gravel, the only two not affiliated with this scum ruining our country and the world. Stop watching CNN, a news organization founded by Luce a Skull member and their polls and debates, they are the propaganda filling your head with proverbial sh*t. Best in reclaiming America Eliot Bernstein iviewit@iviewit.tv 530-529-4110
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