He may have won it. The GOP is up to it's same old tricks it has used for years to try and stifle his Congressional campaigns. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 Ron Paul Campaign to Louisiana GOP: Count All the Votes State Party Blunders Put Caucus Results in Question ARLINGTON, Va. — Today, the Ron Paul presidential campaign calls on the Republican Party of Louisiana to count all the ballots submitted in the state's January 22 caucus. "The failure of the Louisiana GOP to properly determine who was and wasn't eligible to vote threw this entire process into disarray," said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. "The party needs to correct this mistake by counting all the votes immediately, and releasing the results." Due to mistakes by the Louisiana GOP, hundreds of voters were forced to file provisional ballots, including nearly 500 that could change the outcome of the election. According to party officials, caucus locations relied on a voter list from November 1, 2007 despite the fact that under caucus rules, voters must have registered Republican by November 30, 2007. The Louisiana Secretary of State reports that 2,709 Louisiana residents registered as Republican between November 1, 2007 and November 30, 2007. In multiple instances on caucus day, state-certified Ron Paul delegates that were on the ballot were forced to file a provisional ballot despite the fact they were pre-approved as delegates. The Louisiana State GOP also changed the rules at the last minute to allow other candidates to file more delegates. At the time of the original January 10 deadline, Ron Paul had the largest number of delegates pledged to him. The party then changed the rules to give other candidates until January 12 to file more delegates.
The article I read mentioned RP in the first paragraph as "the long-shot" and then never mentioned him again. Of course it talked quite a bit about Giuliani's strategy (whom RP has beaten across the boards). God, that crap really irritates the hell out of me.
