Missouri caucuses won't include a straw poll

[Torie]

Missouri is not going to be a good place for Mittens. He will get presumably the St. Louis metro area, and maybe Cape Giraudoux, and that is probably about it. The rest of the state will be grim.

[Torie]

Missouri is not going to be a good place for Mittens. He will get presumably the St. Louis metro area, and maybe Cape Giraudoux, and that is probably about it. The rest of the state will be grim.

Santorum carried handily (20 points or more) St. Louis and its suburbs, so I wouldn't hold my breath even there.

Yes, although that beauty contest race wasn't contested, and caucuses are strange beasts. But you may be right. We shall see.

[Torie]

I would be happy if Mittens can get 15 delegates out of this mess.

[Torie]

Here's some delegate total results I've found posted on the Ron Paul Forums, don't know whether they've been mentioned/ counted here yet.

Franklin County: Paul 24, Romney 16
Jasper County: Santorum 25, Paul 11, Romney 7, Newt 1
Stone County: Santorum 15, Paul 1
Stoddard County: majority of delegates for Paul
Warren County: no Paul delegates
Clay County: no Paul delegates
Grundy County: all Paul delegates
Nodaway County: 6 Paul, 2 Romney
Boone County: Paul 48, Romney 5
Lawrence County: Paul 3, Santorum most of the rest (awarded proportionately from primary result)
Atchison County: 1 Paul, 1 Romney, 1 Santorum
St. Francois County: Paul 4, others ?

Also, for St. Charles County, before the police showed up (there was even a SWAT team and helicopter!) a Romney + Paul coalition was on the verge of electing a coalition slate of mostly Romney supporters.

There are going to have to re-hold the St. Charles County caucus. It is an important county. You can't let the losing candidate benefit from his supporters lawless antics. Or maybe, they will just seat the Paul/Mittens delegates. This cannot stand.

[Torie]

If you can believe the twitter reports Paul and Romney have been teaming up all over the state to kick Santorum's @ss.

Which suggests where the Paul delegates, or most of them, will be going at the convention, if Mittens needs them. Mittens can something mean about the Federal Reserve to make them feel better about themselves (I tend to put Federal Reserve bashers into the kook category in a hurry).

[Torie]

Welcome to the St. Charles County caucus - our "participatory" democracy in action.