April 14, 2012 04:12 AM UTC

Santorum, Paul GOP delegates revolt against Romney at county conventions

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• by: JeffcoBlue

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

SATURDAY POLS UPDATE: Pro-Mitt Romney shenanigans alleged at the state GOP convention today–below you can see photos of a flyer circulated in support of a “Conservative Unity” slate of GOP delegates. As our reader explains below from the Durango Herald’s report, “Conservative Unity” is the name used by the coalition of Ron Paul and Rick Santorum supporters who denied Romney backers many delegate slots at county conventions yesterday.

Today, “Conservative Unity” is the name affixed to Romney’s preferred slate of delegates:

Needless to say, this has the real “Conservative Unity” slate a bit apoplectic.

Developing, original post follows…

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Poor Mitt Romney can’t get a break, even after he’s “won!” If you needed any more evidence that Romney hasn’t won the hearts and minds of the GOP base, fresh off the Durango Herald:



http://www.durangoherald.com/a…

Conservatives unite to block Romney’s preferred delegates

Although Mitt Romney is confident that he has all but won the Republican nomination for president, Colorado conservatives are not ready to give up the fight.

Supporters of Texas congressman Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum banded together today to support each other as delegates to the Republican National Convention in August.

Santorum dropped out of the race this week, just days before the assemblies in Denver today and Saturday that will determine Colorado’s 36 delegates to the national convention. But instead of getting behind Romney’s official slate of delegates, Santorum’s state chairman and key supporters formed an alliance with Ron Paul activists to support their own slate of delegates.

“The Romney campaign and the Republican leadership had no clue this was going on,” (JeffcoBlue’s emphasis) said Sean Conway, Santorum’s delegate coordinator for Colorado. “If our slate wins, it shows you how out of touch they are with the party right now. And they’re going to need us to win.”

Full story (read it): http://www.durangoherald.com/a…

Even though it was reported that Romney campaign representatives were everywhere at today’s GOP county conventions, they were apparently caught flat footed by better organized Santorum and especially Ron Paul delegates. “Conservative Unity” slate, thy name is 50% spot on!

Ryan, Call your office…