America's Super Tuesday Election

[SamuelRSmith]

Kasz216 said:

SamuelRSmith said:

Kasz216 said:

Essentially all the states vote, then they hold a convention where they tally up who has enough electoral votes to be the candidate, and if it's none of them, the candidates negotiate with each other for policy changes and cabinent positions to see who gets to run for president.

Except, after the first round, the delegates are no longer bound, and can vote for anybody - even if that person isn't running. I wonder how many delegates that are bound for Romney, Gingrich, or Santorum, are actually Paul supporters?

I wouldn't think many...  i'm pretty sure the candidates pick their own delegates.

That is... not counting the super delegates chosen by the establishment.  Something that would work agaisnt Paul.

Candidates may pick their own delegates (I'm not sure about this, I think it varies state by state), but they can only pick from those willing to volunteer. This has been part of the Paul strategy, getting as many Paul supporters to the convention as possible. Unbound delegates tend to go with the flow (Doug Weed joked that they vote for the guy who left a chocolate on their pillow in the hotel).

Super delegates will almost certainly favour Romney.

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The only candidate I don't want to see in over Obama, is Santorum.  While Romney/Obama/Gingrich are all pretty similar, at least the Republicans are promising to end Obamacare, cut some taxes, repel some regulations, and have a favourable energy policy. Santorum seems to be a bigger Federalist than Obama, and his antiquated views are nothing short of scary.