Ron Paul Revolt Blows Up GOP’s Unified Convention

Because ... it's NOT unified.
There is a strong young energized electorate that the party does not want to listen to. They worked hard and made great inroads and they are being unfairly shut down. Mitt Romney is not an alternative to Obama - he's just a different colour Obama. Polls show he would lose to Obama. On the other hand, Ron Paul polls much better against Obama. The GOP is much happier to see Obama win than Paul because Obama's policies are more in line with what the GOP want - that's why they are promoting a virtually identical candidate.

from your link:

Adding fuel to the fire, a number of tea party leaders outside the Paul movement sided with his demands, warning that the rule changes were a power grab from state and local parties. Sarah Palin labeled the move a “direct attack on grassroots activists by the GOP establishment” in a Facebook post.
Celeste Gamache, a candidate for the Colorado House who favored Herman Cain and Rick Santorum in the primaries, suggested that the “horrible” rules were far more damaging to the party than the Paul camp’s reaction.
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FluffyMcDeath said:
Because ... it's NOT unified.
There is a strong young energized electorate that the party does not want to listen to. They worked hard and made great inroads and they are being unfairly shut down. Mitt Romney is not an alternative to Obama - he's just a different colour Obama. Polls show he would lose to Obama. On the other hand, Ron Paul polls much better against Obama. The GOP is much happier to see Obama win than Paul because Obama's policies are more in line with what the GOP want - that's why they are promoting a virtually identical candidate.
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Pretty much.
 
By the end of the primaries, Ron Paul had received a grand total of 177 delegates.

At the convention today he received a grand total of 189 delegate votes.

That is 12 more delegate votes than he was entitled to receive.

Fluffy, I told you a long time ago, If you don't understand how the US primary process works, you risk making yourself look foolish with your predictions!

Like him or hate him, Ron Paul has now been relegated to the political dust bin..

"On July 12, 2011, Paul announced that he would forgo seeking another term in Congress in order to focus on his presidential bid.[5] On May 14, 2012, Paul announced that he would not be competing in any other Presidential primaries, but that he would still compete for delegates in states where the primary elections have already been held.[6] At the 2012 Republican National Convention, Paul received 189 votes from the attending delegates."

On a side note; I think your guy Obama will still lose.
 
Why hell yes!
You're a socialists and so is he. Therefore, your guy.
 
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