[quote][B]WASHINGTON (AP) -[/B] Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals.
According to The Associated Press count, [B]Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 97 delegates in the Texas primary.[/B] The former Massachusetts governor has reached the nomination milestone with a steady message of concern about the U.S. economy, a campaign organization that dwarfed those of his GOP foes and a fundraising operation second only to that of his Democratic opponent in the general election, President Barack Obama.
Romney would be the first Mormon nominated by a major party. His religion has been less of an issue than it was during his failed bid four years ago.
“We did it!” Romney proclaimed in a message to supporters, noting that “it’s only the beginning.”
“An honor and a privilege and a great responsibility,” Romney told supporters at a fundraiser in Las Vegas. “And I know the road to 1,144 was long and hard, but I also know that the road to 11-06 — Nov. 6th — is also going to be long and it’s going to be hard and it’s going to be worth it because we’re going to take back the White House and get America right again.”
Romney must now fire up conservatives who still doubt him while persuading swing voters that he can do a better job fixing the nation’s struggling economy than Obama. In Obama, he faces a well-funded candidate with a proven campaign team in an election that will be heavily influenced by the economy.
Romney’s campaign went on the attack Tuesday, releasing a Web video citing the Obama administration’s loan-guarantee investments in four renewable-energy firms that lost money and laid off workers.
The message — “President Obama is fundamentally hostile to job creators” — has been a theme of the Romney campaign since he launched his presidential bid. But sensing an opportunity to reach a new audience, the campaign planned to highlight Obama’s support for the failed renewable energy company Solyndra, among other private ventures the Obama administration helped support.
“We need to have presidents who understand how this economy works,” Romney told reporters Tuesday. “Sometimes I just don’t think he understands what it takes to help people. I know he wants to help, but he doesn’t know what he’s got to do.”
Romney’s message and his big day, however, were somewhat overshadowed by real estate mogul Donald Trump and his discredited suggestions that Obama wasn’t born in the United States.
Romney spent Tuesday evening at a Las Vegas fundraiser with Trump, who had toyed with the idea of running for president. Romney says he believes Obama was born in America but has yet to condemn Trump’s repeated insinuations to the contrary.
“If Mitt Romney lacks the backbone to stand up to a charlatan like Donald Trump because he’s so concerned about lining his campaign’s pockets, what does that say about the kind of president he would be?” Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, said in a statement.
Both Trump and Romney steered clear of the issue at Tuesday’s fundraiser. Asked Monday about Trump’s contentions, Romney said: “I don’t agree with all the people who support me. And my guess is they don’t all agree with everything I believe in.” He added: “But I need to get 50.1 percent or more. And I’m appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people.”
Republicans won’t officially nominate Romney until late August at the GOP national convention in Tampa, Fla. [B]Romney has 1,183 convention delegates.[/B]
[B]Texas Rep. Ron Paul said on May 14 he would no longer compete in primaries, though his supporters are still working to gain national delegates at state conventions.[/B] Rich Galen, a Republican strategist who has been unaligned in the 2012 race, said the long, sometimes nasty primary fight should help Romney fine-tune his campaign organization so it can operate effectively in the general election. Galen doesn’t, however, think it was relevant in toughening up Romney for the battle against Obama.
“Romney’s been running for president for six years. He is as good a candidate as he’s ever going to be,” Galen said. “Whatever you say about him, he was better than everybody else in the race.”[/quote]
[I]Source: [url]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/05/30/romneys-texas-win-clinches-gop-nomination/[/url][/I]
Ron Paul 2016
[QUOTE]“Whatever you say about him, he was better than everybody else in the race.”[/QUOTE]
Lmao, are you serious, I guess there's a lot of pride in being the least smelliest shit.
[QUOTE=Cruma;36142380]Lmao, are you serious, I guess there's a lot of pride in being the least smelliest shit.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xw5xwcPb4[/media]
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;36141645]Ron Paul 2016[/QUOTE]
He's retiring after this election cycle.
Interesting. Delegate friend in Georgia seems to disagree with this article quite a bit.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/X8msb.png[/IMG]
She also cites this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4Vyny2BN4[/media]
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;36143105]Interesting. Delegate friend in Georgia seems to disagree with this article quite a bit.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/X8msb.png[/IMG]
She also cites this:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4Vyny2BN4[/media][/QUOTE]
It seems ridiculously far-fetched that ALL mainstream news sources are out in a conspiracy to destroy Ron Paul. Fox News I remember purposefully turning him down, but that's about it. Not only that, but at this point it seems more like Ron Paul supporters are in a constant effort to insist that he has a similar amount of delegates to Romney, but cannot cite any source other than those that are not credible.
[QUOTE=Megafan;36143280]It seems ridiculously far-fetched that ALL mainstream news sources are out in a conspiracy to destroy Ron Paul. Fox News I remember purposefully turning him down, but that's about it. Not only that, but at this point it seems more like Ron Paul supporters are in a constant effort to insist that he has a similar amount of delegates to Romney, but cannot cite any source other than those that are not credible.[/QUOTE]
She didn't say ALL of them were lying, she said AP was lying.
Where should she be looking for sources if she needs to find one that is "credible"?
[QUOTE=Megafan;36143280]It seems ridiculously far-fetched that ALL mainstream news sources are out in a conspiracy to destroy Ron Paul. Fox News I remember purposefully turning him down, but that's about it. Not only that, but at this point it seems more like Ron Paul supporters are in a constant effort to insist that he has a similar amount of delegates to Romney, but cannot cite any source other than those that are not credible.[/QUOTE]
The delegates are just your typical Paul fans except they are delegates. there's absolutely zero reason to believe any of this "but Ron Paul actually might win" nonsense.
[QUOTE=Megafan;36142587]He's retiring after this election cycle.[/QUOTE]
That's the joke.
Rand Paul 2016!
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;36143545]She didn't say ALL of them were lying, she said AP was lying.
Where should she be looking for sources if she needs to find one that is "credible"?[/QUOTE]
Whenever I looked up about this all I could find were articles on blatant Ron Paul sites.
Rule 38 does in very plain language say that delegates cannot be bound, and rule 15 says that the RNC rules come before the states rules, but then in in the same rule (section c, 1, i and ii) it says delegates can be bound in Primary elections (Like this republican primary) and by the republican state committee when provided by state law.
So while rule 15 says the RNC rules are precedent over state rules and says you can bind delegates, rule 38 says you cannot bind delegates.
So the priority of rules in the RNC seems to follow
Federal Laws
State Laws
RNC rules
State Committee rules
Which means unless the state has laws allowing binding delegates I assume that they may vote however. But it'd take a real lawyer to come to a true conclusion.
And here is the RNC rules in full as of 2008 [url]http://www.gop.com/images/legal/2008_RULES_Adopted.pdf[/url]
edit: Actually they might be bound because of the binding during Primaries. I don't know. Ask a lawyer or come to your own conclusion. It's confusing.
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