Mike Huckabee wins West Virginia, with help from Ron Paul
Posted Tue, Feb 5, 2008 at 12:40 pm
The Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, and John McCain campaigns were apparently in on a deal that caused Huckabee to win West Virginia's delegates. From an official Ron Paul press release (link):
UPDATE: I should have pointed out this:
In an agreement first reported by West Virginia television station WSAZ, the three Ron Paul delegates were secured through an agreement with the Mike Huckabee campaign.Gosh, thanks. To a certain extent, McCain winning would make a third party run by Paul or someone else easier, but on the other hand McCain isn't qualified to be president.
Ron Paul delegates to the state convention swung their support to Huckabee – putting Huckabee over the top – after Congressman Paul was eliminated in the first round of voting. With three national delegates, Ron Paul secured 17 percent of the 18 delegates that were decided at the State Convention.
UPDATE: I should have pointed out this:
...the combined McCain-Huck vote was only 49 percent: Paul supporters sealed the deal.
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Fred Dawes (not verified)
Tue, 02/05/2008 - 23:36
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HS 13737 dawes57@cox.net 2008-02-06T01:36:22-06:00
I think we are seeing a 1996 thing going on here.