Duncan Hunter Propels To 3rd In WY Caucus !
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by Doug Mataconis @ 4:28 pm on January 5, 2008.
Although it got very little attention given the impending New Hampshire primary, Wyoming’s Republicans held a caucus today and Mitt Romney came away the clear winner:
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Mitt Romney’s attention to Wyoming paid off Saturday as he won most of the 12 presidential delegates at stake in the state’s Republican county conventions.
The former Massachusetts governor gained the first four delegates and six of the first eight to be selected Saturday. Fred Thompson and California Rep. Duncan Hunter, who both also visited Wyoming, won the other two that had been decided, meaning no other candidate could beat Romney.
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, Hunter, Fred Thompson and Ron Paul 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 four weeks leading up to the caucuses.
Duncan Hunter was the last to visit the state on Dec. 4.
Because he was one of the few candidates to advertise in the state, there was some speculation among Ron Paul’s Internet boosters that Wyoming could be a state where the Texas Congressman could make a splash. Obviously, that didn’t happen.
At this point, whether Ron Paul remains a serious candidate depends upon how he does in New Hampshire.
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by Doug Mataconis @ 4:28 pm on January 5, 2008.
Although it got very little attention given the impending New Hampshire primary, Wyoming’s Republicans held a caucus today and Mitt Romney came away the clear winner:
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Mitt Romney’s attention to Wyoming paid off Saturday as he won most of the 12 presidential delegates at stake in the state’s Republican county conventions.
The former Massachusetts governor gained the first four delegates and six of the first eight to be selected Saturday. Fred Thompson and California Rep. Duncan Hunter, who both also visited Wyoming, won the other two that had been decided, meaning no other candidate could beat Romney.
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, Hunter, Fred Thompson and Ron Paul 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 four weeks leading up to the caucuses.
Duncan Hunter was the last to visit the state on Dec. 4.
Because he was one of the few candidates to advertise in the state, there was some speculation among Ron Paul’s Internet boosters that Wyoming could be a state where the Texas Congressman could make a splash. Obviously, that didn’t happen.
At this point, whether Ron Paul remains a serious candidate depends upon how he does in New Hampshire.
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posted by RD at 4:55 PM
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2 Comments:
Two down, only 48 to go!
You 'called' it, Red- and give credit to both Duncan Hunter and you- this strategy going into the Republican convention is
Simply Brilliant!
We Dance in September....
It's all Hunter mal... I knew folks were interested in his strategy and wondering why they aren't seeing him on every news broadcast. While he would love to be on every news cast, that unfortunately is out of his control. What he can control is making it to the convention and after that.... anything goes.
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