blogs.wsj.com - 7/19/2008
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Brad Haynes reports on the presidential race. Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convention by private conference call. The state party broke up its original convention in April when supporters of Ron Paul hijacked the proceedings and tried to elect delegates for their candidate to the ...
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Nevada Republican Party Squashes Ron Paul Supporters In Blatantly Stalinist Move
DownWithTyranny! —
... on that today from Reno. The GOP referred to a rare outbreak of democracy within its own ranks as "supporters of Ron Paul hijacked the proceedings and tried to elect delegates for their candidate to the national GOP convention." Heaven forbid! ...
Nevada Republicans Cancel Convention
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off
its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the
national convention by private conference call," the Wall Street Journal reports. ...
Nevada GOP throws in the convention towel
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
How sad is the state of the GOP in Nevada that its party cancels its own convention? So sad...NOT. Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convention by private conference call.
The state party broke up its original convention in April when supporters of Ron Paul hijacked the proceedings and tried to elect delegates for their candidate to the national GOP convention in September. Party officials tried to reconvene on July 26, ...
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