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.”

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…

18 thoughts on “Santorum, Paul GOP delegates revolt against Romney at county conventions”

MADCO says:

April 14, 2012 at 8:52 am

What would the Santorum supporters hope to gain by sending delgates for their ~~quitter~~ resigned candidate?

I can see why the Paul supporters would do anything to oppose Romney (including voting for Obama) but what’s in it for the rest?

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1. Aristotle says:
  
  April 14, 2012 at 4:15 pm
  
  is that that’s just how much they don’t like Rmoney.
  
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2. Gilpin Guy says:
  
  April 14, 2012 at 4:38 pm
  
  Mirror mirror on the wall who is the purest of them all?
  
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3. caroman says:
  
  April 15, 2012 at 6:38 am
  
  Conservative Unity My Ass!
  
  This should be amusing.
  
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  1. MADCO says:
    
    April 15, 2012 at 8:52 am
    
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JeffcoBlue says:

April 14, 2012 at 3:48 pm

Thanks for the promotion, Guvs.

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1. Pita says:
  
  April 14, 2012 at 4:57 pm
  
  Sean Conway is nobodies fool and Santorum did say he wasn’t done fighting; just suspending his campaign.
  
  We’ll be watching today’s R-State Convention with a little more interest thanks to your diary, Blue.
  
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2. Middle of the Road says:
  
  April 14, 2012 at 6:14 pm
  
  That is freaking great.
  
  Good diary; good job, JeffcoBlue.
  
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DavidThi808 says:

April 14, 2012 at 4:42 pm

Is it possible ArapaGOP was wrong about this???

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1. Lurker19 says:
  
  April 14, 2012 at 5:44 pm
  
  every time he touches his keyboard.
  
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  1. Gilpin Guy says:
    
    April 14, 2012 at 6:11 pm
    
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    1. Irish Patti says:
      
      April 14, 2012 at 9:01 pm
      
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  2. cybersoul says:
    
    April 14, 2012 at 11:29 pm
    
    Zing!
    
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unnamed says:

April 15, 2012 at 6:18 am

Showing the world what it really means to win ugly.

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1. ajb says:
  
  April 15, 2012 at 5:54 pm
  
  Seriously, what else do you need to know about Romney?
  
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  1. rocco says:
    
    April 15, 2012 at 6:37 pm
    
    When it goes goober on goober, it’s fun to watch.
    
    But the worst case of “first liar doesn’t stand a chance” dirty politics I’ve ever witnessed the rethugs pull…..on eachother, that is………was the con primary in South Carolina in ’00.
    
    Dadco Bush sicked the rabid dogs on McCain, and the drunk son walked away the winner.
    
    It was absolutely the nastiest rethug on rethug display I can remember.
    
    Really nasty business.
    
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pistol says:

April 16, 2012 at 5:59 pm

What happened between 2008 and 2012 concerning the GOP delegate slates? 2008 was a superbly run/coordinated effort on behalf of McCain.

Where is that leadership? It certainly wasn’t Wadhams in 2008. Who was it and where were they?

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Canines says:

April 16, 2012 at 6:35 pm

Here’s what a Washington Times columnist is suggesting:

This paints a much different picture of the real delegate count for Colorado. The final breakdown looks like this:

Romney – 13

Paul – 13

Santorum – 7

At large – 3 (count these for Romney if he is still the frontrunner in August)

Remember, this is a state where Santorum won with 40% of the caucus popular vote. Romney came in 2nd with 35% and Ron Paul finished last with 12%. Yet Paul is in a virtual tie for the lead in terms of the actual votes he will get on the first ballot at the RNC.

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