And they couldn't see this coming???

Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain : Top of the Ticket : Los Angeles Times:

"Just take a look at recent Republican primary results, largely overlooked because McCain locked up the necessary 1,191 delegates long ago. In Indiana, McCain got 77% of the recent Republican primary vote, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney, who've each long ago quit and endorsed McCain, still got 10% and 5% respectively, while Paul took 8%.
On the same May 6 in North Carolina, McCain received less than three-quarters of Republican votes (74%), while Huckabee got 12%, Paul 7% and Alan Keyes and No Preference took a total of 7%. Pennsylvania was even slightly worse for the GOP's presumptive nominee [McCain], who got only 73% to a combined 27% for Paul (16%) and Huckabee (11%)...

According to a recent Boston Globe tally, Paul has a grand total of 19 Republican delegates to Romney's 260, Huckabee's 286 and McCain's 1,413.

Oh Fred, why did you have to go??

Yes, these are startling numbers for Paul --how the heck did this guy get one delegate much less 19 of them? -- it shows that only a fraction of the puplic realize that there is still a 'live' candidate besides McCain (the otherswere purposeful 'throw away' votes) ... and the republicans should pay attention to it because it could spell disaster ... maybe not this particular race but definately in the future.

I would love to see the delegates stand up at the convention and hand the nomination over to Fred (although if they did it, it would probably go to Romney or Huckabee) ... someone who is a LOT more conservative than McCain ... someone with more 'charisma'.

It would also make it known to the public how this REALLY works -- we are a REPRESENATIVE REPUBLIC, not a democracy.

Everyone thinks the delegates MUST vote the way the people voted (everyone thinks the electrol college needs to vote as the popular vote did too) but this is wrong. There really is nothing that forces them to vote the way the popular vote did - with the exception of those states that have things set up as a 'winner take all' type of system, but fewer and fewer states are going in this manner.

Its almost like blaming the President or Governor because your taxes go up ... really its not them, its Congress (federal & state).