Louisiana Republican convention devolves into separate meetings

[mfcorey1]

Washington -- Louisiana Republican Party Chairman Roger Villere received a letter in mid-May from a GOP official in Nevada, warning him to be prepared for efforts by Ron Paul forces to delay, disrupt and hijack the June 2 Louisiana State Convention in Shreveport.

"Whatever you have planned for security, double it," Carol Howell, second vice chair of Nevada's Carson City Republican Central Committee, warned Villere.

In Nevada, she reported, "In the end the Ron Paul supporters managed to fill 22 of our 25 delegate positions to the national convention with Ron Paul delegates" despite the fact that Mitt Romney had won more than 50 percent of the vote in the caucus and Paul was a distant third.

Party officials had been getting similar reports from other states -- including Oklahoma, Iowa, Maine, Arizona and Alaska -- and Louisiana was especially ripe for a showdown.

Paul won barely 6 percent of the vote in the state's March 24 primary in which nearly 190,000 voters participated, but won four of the six congressional districts in the state's April caucuses, which drew fewer than 10,000 people.

The primary netted Rick Santorum, who got nearly half the vote, 10 delegates to the national convention, and Romney, who got 27 percent, five delegates, with another five uncommitted.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/06/la_convention_devolves_into_se.html

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. How's that monster you created working out for you Dr. Frankenstein?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. At which state GOP convention has this NOT happened?

The Paulbots have taken over every convention this year.

Other than the arrests in Oklahoma, my favorite story was the Paul delegate in MO who pitched a fit after being elected when he found out the RNC wasn't paying for his air fare and hotel at the convention.

[HooptieWagon]

3. RP is trying to reserve the Florida State Fairgrounds

in Tampa immediately preceding the convention for a huge rally. Estimated attendance is 20K plus. RNC is trying to block this... the last thing they want is 20K Paulbots in the streets of Tampa, along with hundreds of Paul supporting delegates in the convention itself. I def see trouble brewing... this is going to be highly entertaining! Oh, and I should mention this all happens in the heat and humidity of August, carrying weapons is permitted except in the convention hall itself... and theres always the possibility of a hurricance. Fun!