My Saint Charles County GOP Caucus Report 3/17/2012

[proud2BlibKansan]

Found on Facebook. Eye opening. And fun to read all about the GOP infighting.

I shall first start off this report by saying that Bryan Spencer, the Saint Charles County Repulican Party Central Committe man who was tasked to organize the caucus told my fellow Ron Paul Coordinator here in Saint Charles at the last Saint Charles County Central Committe meeting, that 'if the Ron Paul people come in and hijack the caucus, I will do everything in my power to throw out the entire delegation on a technicallity.'

This is exactly what happened, but first, let me clarify what Spencer means by 'hijack'. There are no rules going into the caucus, aside from Robert's Rules of Order. At the caucus, the temporary chairman opens the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer. Next, the temporary chairman opens the floor for nominations for a permanent chair in which the entire body of voters votes for. The newly elected chairman opens the floor to nominate a secretary. Then the chairman appoints a parlamentarian, the rules committe, and the credentials committee. The rules are voted on and then the body selects delegates to go to the Congressional District Convention and the State Convention.

So, the key is to organize your suppporters into 'slates', which are lists of names of the supporters who wish to be delegates. Ideally, you want to have your slates full, this way, all delegates that go to the conventions will be your candidate's delgates. It is the process of a democratic republic. Organization is the key going into the caucus, and we had came prepared with the only complete slate of delegates. The Romney camp and Santorum camp had incomplete slates. We could have potentially have walked away with all of the 147 of the delegates.

So this is what Spencer means by 'hijack'. There is no rule against having your stuff together and taking all of the delegates. It is the name of the game. We knew the GOP rules going in, and intended to follow them. We know that Spencer was encouraging the Santorum Coordinator to take all of the delegates if she had the numbers, so, it seems that he is okay with his guy getting the delegates, but not ours.

more . . . https://www.facebook.com/notes/joseph-wetter/my-saint-charles-county-gop-caucus-report-3172012/10150753295211241

[Aerows]

1. This is awful

For a number of reasons, but mostly because it threw democracy out of the window. Republicans have the right to choose their nominee just as much as everyone else does. I don't have to like their candidate, but I respect the political process in choosing that candidate.

In this, I can't respect the political process, and it completely sucks. This is shameful. And in this instance, it isn't the fault of Republican voters, it is the fault of Republican party "leaders".

[gratuitous]

2. Well, it's not exactly the process of a democratic republic

But it IS a process ripe for monkey business, either by a tuned-in temporary chairman or an organized minority that can hit the floor shouting. Sounds like the first outmaneuvered the second in this case.