According to some of Ron Paul's erstwhile supporters, they're expecting his supporters to hijack the convention in the way that Lincoln's supporters hijacked the convention in 1860.
Expecting, no. Doing the only viable thing left to attempt to work within the system, yes.
In the Nevada state GOP convention, a majority of the duly-elected delegates were there in support of the principles Ron Paul has repeatedly voiced support for, and thus in support of the good doctor, himself.
The 31 nominees for the national convention were initially chosen by a three-member committee, which a supermajority of the elected delegates felt was not the proper way to go about selecting national nominees. A change to the applicable rules was proposed, discussed, and passed via vote, all in accordance with party rules.
Later, the first round of delegate elections were held: nominees in support of Paul won either six or seven out of nine spots in the first round - the second round was never held as the chairman, Bob Beers, indefinitely recessed the convention without a vote for the recess in direct violation of Robert's Rules of Order which the convention was operating under. The excuse was that the lease on the room was up - folks immediately started waving cash in the air, though it turned out that the Peppermill's management was immediately agreeable to extending the time until 8pm, no problem, no extra charge. Therefore, Bob Beers personally wasted $600 of my cash, three days of my time, and my remaining trust in the established Nevada Republican party, all because either he or the folks he is beholden to didn't like the way a vote was going. Multiply that by 1347, the number of elected delegates attending, and tell me that isn't a problem. Nice guy.
I was at the convention as an elected delegate, so I can truthfully say that the news stories given out by the NV press are very biased against Ron Paul and his supporters.
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