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Total Number of Delegates: 2488

The allocation of delegates to the 2008 Republican National Convention, which will be held September 1-4, 2008 in a city to be announced in early 2007, is determined as follows:

BASE DELEGATES Each state selects six at-large delegates. American Samoa, Virgin Islands & Guam have four at-large delegates each; Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have fourteen at-large delegates.

DISTRICT DELEGATES Each state also selects three delegates for each member it has in the U.S. House of Representatives

BONUS DELEGATES Each state can earn additional delegates by meeting one or more of the following requirements: the state cast a majority of its votes for the Republican presidential candidate in the previous presidential election, the state elected Republicans to the U.S. House or Senate, selected a Republican Governor or state legislative majorities, and / or the state holds its presidential primary election after March 15th (this is to discourage states from holding early primaries).

Bonus delegates are awarded based on the number of party members elected as Presidential Electors (2004), Governors (2004-2007), House members (2004-2007), Senators (2002-2007), and state legislatures (2004-2007).

Republican delegate counts are based on the number of Republicans elected to the State Legislatures, Governors chairs, U.S. House seats, and U.S. Senators seats through 31 December 2007. Republican unpledged delegate counts are determined by state (or equivalent) party rules and assume that the policies of 2004 will apply in 2008.

Delegates are awarded based on the results of Primaries, Caucuses and/or Convention votes. There are significant differences in the way national convention delegates are chosen from state to state. Some states award delegates to candidates on a “winner-take-all” basis, meaning that the candidate with the most votes in a state during a primary election is awarded all of that state’s delegates. Other states award delegates in proportion to each candidate’s share of the primary vote.

Another important distinction is whether delegates are “bound” or “not bound” to vote for the same candidate the voters in his or her state or district supported in the primary. These rules also vary widely by state.

When an individual formally releases delegates already pledged to him or her - a withdrawing candidate must specifically free his/her own delegates to vote for whomever they might choose during the Convention - it is not a requirement for those delegates to vote for another candidate who is endorsed by the withdrawing candidate.

However, history has demonstrated that most, if not all, delegates pledged to a candidate who has released them will follow that candidate’s lead and vote for the candidate he/she has endorsed. Nevertheless, a withdrawing candidate may not release delegates pledged to him/her so long as the presidential nomination is still undetermined (after all, these delegates can be a valuable bargaining chip for future considerations). Even where a nomination is already determined, a presidential candidate who represents the Party fringe might hold onto his delegates as long as possible in order to get concessions.

For Jurisdictions with Constitutionally Elected Members of Congress:

• 10 At-Large delegates from each state, that is, 5 at-large delegates for each U.S. Senator.
• 3 District delegates for each U.S. Representative.

For Jurisdictions without Constitutionally Elected Members of Congress:

• 6 at-large delegates from American Samoa.
• 16 at-large delegates from the District of Columbia.
• 6 at-large delegates from Guam.
• 6 at-large delegates from Northern Mariana Islands
• 20 at-large delegates from Puerto Rico.
• 6 at-large delegates from Virgin Islands.

For all Jurisdictions - 3 party leaders: the national committeeman, the national committee woman, and the chairman of the state Republican Party.

Bonus Delegates:

• 2004 Bonus: States casting a majority of their 2004 Electoral Votes for the Republican Candidate receive 4.5 + 0.60 × the Jurisdiction’s Total 2004 Electoral Vote bonus delegates. Should the District of Columbia cast the majority of their electoral votes for the Republican Candidate, the District will receive 4.5 + (0.30 × 16) bonus delegates. (Round any fractions UP to the next integer.)
• U.S. Senate: Award 1 bonus delegate for each Republican Senator elected in the 6 year period (November 5, 2002, November 2, 2004, November 7, 2006) prior to January 1, 2008. (Limit 2)
• Governor: States electing a Republican Governor between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007 receive 1 bonus delegate. (Limit: 1)
• U.S. House: States electing Republicans to 50% or more of the their U.S. House seats between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007 receive 1 bonus delegate. (Limit 1)
• One Chamber: States electing a Republican majority to one chamber of the state legislature (OR the legislature is presided over by a Republican) receive 1 bonus delegate. (Limit 1).
• All Chambers: States electing a Republican majority to all chambers of the state legislature (or all chambers are presided over by a Republican) between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007 receive 1 bonus delegate. (Limit 1).

At-large (AL): At-large. At-larges delegates consist of all delegates elected to the national convention except for congressional district delegates. At-large delegates also include the national committeeman, national committeewoman, and state chairman from each state party and American Samoa , the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. See Republican Party Rule 13(a)(2).

Congressional District (CD): Congressional District. Three delegates to the national convention are elected from each congressional district in the United States. See Republican Party Rule 13(a)(3) & Rule 15(b)(5).

Delegates bound: Delegates to the national convention are required to vote for a particular presidential candidate as determined by primary results, caucus results, or individual commitment to a specified candidate in conformity with state party rules or state law. State party rules or state laws determine the number of ballots where the delegates are bound to support a particular candidate. State party rules or state laws may require delegates to be bound to support a particular candidate until the candidate releases his or her delegates.

Delegates not bound: Delegates to the national convention are not required to vote for any presidential candidate and may vote for any candidate whom they choose.

Proportional: Method of allocating national convention delegates to presidential candidates whereby candidates will be allocated a certain number of delegates that reflects the percentage of votes the candidates received, either by congressional district or statewide.

Threshold: Minimum percentage of the total vote, either by congressional district or statewide, which a presidential candidate must receive in order to be allocated national convention delegates.

Winner-take-all: Method of allocating national convention delegates to presidential candidates whereby the candidate who receives either a plurality or majority of the votes, either by congressional district or statewide, will be allocated all respective delegates.

Source: Republican National Committee

The Republican Source will serve as a resource for information pertaining to the primary process which will ultimately determine the Republican Presidential nominee in 2008. We will continue to update information related to primary dates, delegates and conventions.

Sources: Republican National Committee (www.rnc.org) and The Green Papers (www.thegreenpapers.com)

Disclaimer: These pages contain a combination of preliminary, unofficial, and estimated data. Dates and delegate counts are subject to change.

“Possibly your LAST chance to be part of recorded History on behalf of Dr. Paul”

Found a good place for us intelligent Republicans to cheer our next president on. It’s on the GOP wesite’s blogroll and called, appropriately enough, by the title of this post. They seem to need some encouragement there and seem to be talking more about the Dem’s than encouraging our own victory. I can only leave comments at this point, but thought I would share this, under the “Why Hillary and Obama Put Trial Lawyers Before Saving American Lives” title:

You know if we all did what we know deep down is right we wouldn’t be wasting space here talking about the donkeys.

We have a candidate capable of slamming the coming leftist sellout. One that offers real change. I like my silver and gold coins, how about you? We all know that the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK has done a poor job of maintaining our monetary integrity and that Congress has been lax in its duty to assert its authority over regulation thereof. We can have a sound monetary system with the right man at the helm.

We must reverse the trend of worldwide damage wreaked by our current foreign policy. We should be defending our own borders and supporting our troops by keeping them out of harm’s way. Building bases in Iraq for another invasion of yet another sovereign nation is not why our people join the Defense Department. If anyone thinks we are going to stop all other nations from selling their oil for whatever currency they wish with military force I say we would have been better off spending the trillion or so we spent on the current two invasions buying the oil while that paper was still worth something and saved the bloodshed. Now we are stretched thin, have draft proposals, and our borders are wide open. No wonder the military support our best nominee more than any other.

Our government is sick and our very sovereignty as a nation is fading. We need the right prescription to revive ourselves as the greatest nation on earth so that we can once again be a world leading example of a free society. Fortunately, we have a doctor who knows just the right remedy and just in time to administer the large dose we so desperately need. We are so lucky to be blessed with our Constitution, which is the timeless contract in such need of enforcement. Administered properly, we can be revived and rediscover the greatness of America designed in that document.

We Republicans should be rallying together and uniting at this point, and cheering on the champion of our Constitution. Let’s win the presidency with the genuine candidate who promises the “change” we all know we need. The one we know can beat either of those two asses in the general election. The one with the racecars in the “formerly Busch” racing series.

Onward to Victory !

Long live the Republic ! !

I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it!
Robert Taft

Media blackout on Ron Paul?

Don’t get angry, get even!

The Revolution News Vol 1, #1

Because our “leaders” have allowed five major corporations to control all the news outlets: radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.

Because we now cannot hear, read, or see “news” that is unbiased and uncontrolled.

We now must resort to revolutionary techniques to get our message out. Our message may easily be gotten out to the “sleeping hypnoticed masses” via:

Querilla Tactics:
1- a- Flyers. Make your own and go to your local copy shop to make hundreds of copies.

b- Take these flyers and stuff them into local newspapers, magazines, and free publications.

Sorry media, but we are not getting equal time, so we are going to take the equal time that we should have had in the first place!

If you have to put in fifty cents to open the newspaper dispenser in order to do this just consider that part of the cost of the revolution.

c- You may even want to consider taking on a part-time job delivering newspapers, magazines, or phone books so that you and your team may first stuff them with your flyers.

d- If you print-up some half-page flyers, they can be stuffed into books at your local library, bookstores, menus of restaurants, etc.

Be creative and make a commitment to yourself as to what you will do and for how long. Do not bring attention to yourself by wearing apparel that identifies your cause. We are now doing underground work! Your automobile must now not have any stickers that identifies your sentiment.

e- Your flyers may send people to different web sites or sources of more information. Make sure that in your flyers you put in at least two different references for more information so that no one is blamed for your guerilla tactics. And make sure that you do not put your name or even a Post Office Box for yourself. You want to remain aunonomous!

2- Radio: There are many talk radio stations that you may target in order to express your views weekly. Make a list of these stations, what type of subject matter is usually discussed, their phone number, etc. Then, figure out your strategy and work it little by little until you are real good at it. Then, if you want you may expand it to your state and other states. Mainstream media is what we want to tackle. The internet is not as important at this time as the information there is flowing freely.

3- Small Avery peel-off labels size 1′ x 2 1/2″ and even 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ that you may print-out on your own computer. Print your message and apply these stickers to bulletin boards of stores, restaurants, churches, including on top of flyers already posted there, soft drinks and candy dispensing machines, newspaper dispensing machines, magazines in waiting rooms, etc.
Send this posting to other sites and forums where the revolution is active or brewing.
Our cause for freedom, peace, and justice continues.

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