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Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses
« on: January 05, 2008, 10:21:22 AM »
This one might be as irrelevant as the Hawaii primary.   :)

Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses 

CASPER, Wyoming (AP) -- Wyoming Republicans choose 12 delegates Saturday to the GOP national convention in September, an attempt to have a brief moment in the political spotlight by weighing in early in the selection of a presidential nominee.

The first delegate from Albany County in southeastern Wyoming went to Mitt Romney. Results were expected to trickle in throughout the day.

Coming two days after the Iowa caucuses and three days before the New Hampshire primary, the early date of the Wyoming GOP county conventions was intended to draw candidates' attention to the state, but has had only modest results.

Republican hopefuls Romney, Fred Thompson, Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter all stopped by the state -- visits they probably wouldn't have made except for this year's early conventions -- and candidates have sent Wyoming's GOP voters a flood of campaign mail.

However, the traditional leadoff nomination contests in Iowa and New Hampshire have dominated the attention of both candidates and the national media in recent months, and no candidates have visited Wyoming in the month leading up to the caucuses. State GOP officials have acknowledged that they don't expect Wyoming's contest to have any real impact on which candidate wins the nomination.

Tom Sansonetti, the county convention organizer, maintained Saturday that moving the state's caucuses ahead was the right thing to do.

"The ultimate goal is not how many times we appear on Katie Couric," Sansonetti said. "The ultimate goal was to have attention paid to rank and file Republicans by national candidates."

In addition, he said more Wyoming Republicans have become involved in the process.

Wyoming Republicans also paid a price for jumping ahead. The Republican National Committee has slashed half of Wyoming's 28 national convention delegates. National party leaders similarly penalized Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina for moving up the dates of their nomination contests.

RNC rules require the punishment for states that hold their nominating contests earlier than February 5. Iowa, which held caucuses on Thursday, will not be penalized because, technically, the caucuses are not binding on convention delegates. Nevada, which plans to hold its caucuses on January 19, will not be penalized for the same reason.

Besides the 12 delegates chosen at Saturday's county conventions, two delegates to be chosen at a statewide convention in May will also be sent to the national convention in Minneapolis.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/05/wyoming.republicans.ap/index.html

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Re: Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2008, 05:12:16 PM »
Wyoming is a shitstain on the map of the USA.
I hate the State.

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Re: Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2008, 06:35:14 PM »
Wyoming is a shitstain on the map of the USA.

Are you saying the state that brings us Dick Cheney is a shitstain on the map of the USA?
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Re: Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2008, 08:11:39 PM »
Are you saying the state that brings us Dick Cheney is a shitstain on the map of the USA?

Indeed, all the more.
I hate the State.

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Re: Wyoming holds overshadowed GOP caucuses
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2008, 08:14:32 PM »
Indeed, all the more.

Carry on then.  :)
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