In a state that is part caucus, part primary, the winning candidate needs to receive 50% of the vote. In the first round of voting, Romney received over 40% of the vote, while the remaining 60% was divided between the Huckster, McCain, and Paul,. In the second round, all of the McCain support transfered to Huckabee, meaning the Huckster received 52%, Romney 47%, and McCain 1%.
The Romney campaign responded to Huckabee with the following press release:
"Unfortunately, this is what Senator McCain's inside Washington ways look like: he cut a backroom deal with the tax-and-spend candidate he thought could best stop Governor Romney's campaign of conservative change.
"Governor Romney had enough respect for the Republican voters of West Virginia to make an appeal to them about the future of the party based on issues. This is why he led on today's first ballot. Sadly, Senator McCain cut a Washington backroom deal in a way that once again underscores his legacy of working against Republicans who are interested in championing conservative policies and rebuilding the party."
3 comments:
Channeling Nelson, "Heh HAAAA!"
Seriously, can anybody think of a more comedic element to this entire spectacle, than Romney's "Outsider" rhetoric?
Harrogate submits there is not a single registered voter in this country from either party and including those who will vote for Romney, who thinks of Romney as an Outsider.
Also, Harrogate would actually contribute a few dollars to Fox News.com if it would supplement its current big Headline about Huckabee "scoring first" by paraphrasing Solon and adding the subheader, "Romney pissed."
Oh the humanity!!!!
How far have we come as a country that the backrooms where backroom deals get hammered out are no longer "smoke-filled"? :)
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