Kevin_Kennedy
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The Ron Paul campaign has consistently maintained that it has won far more delegates than is generally reported by the media. The Associated Press projects Romneys delegate count to be well over 600, more than ten times their projections for Ron Paul. However, Colorado has provided some evidence that the Paul campaigns demise has been greatly exaggerated.
Colorado completed its state convention yesterday. Under the headline, Romney lost Colo. caucuses, gets most delegates, Real Clear Politics reported the results this way.
GOP has chosen 13 Romney delegates and six Santorum delegates. The remaining 17 delegates are unpledged, meaning they are free to choose any Republican candidate for president.
Thats technically accurate, but it begs a question from anyone even minimally curious: Who do those 17 unpledged delegates support? Are they undecided, or do they intend to vote for a specific candidate at the Republican National Convention (RNC)?
Colorado further evidence Ron Paul will challenge Romney in Tampa | Washington Times Communities
I think this is the most important part of the entire article:
Santorum won the caucus vote in Missouri by a much wider margin with 55% of the vote. Romney finished second with 25% and Paul was a distant third with 12%. However, early indications are that Paul will win far more delegates at Missouris state convention June 1-2. According to Fox News, Missouris GOP leadership admits that Paul may get all of the delegates from Missouri.
The Iowa GOP leadership has previously acknowledged that Paul may win Iowa as well. Iowa holds its state convention on June 16.
These are all states where Ron Paul lost the popular vote by a wide margin. In states like Maine, Alaska, Minnesota and others, where Paul finished a close 2nd or at least did much better, he could win the final delegate counts by wide margins.
Note to the Anti-Paul Brigade: I am not saying Ron Paul is going to wrest the nomination away from Romney at the convention, but I am saying that he's probably going to have far more delegates than the "official numbers" are giving him credit for.