McCain wins Louisiana caucuses

[Mr. Morden]

link:

http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/02/02/mccain-declared-the-winner-of-louisiana-caucuses/

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[Democratic Hawk]

I'm curious as to why Huckabee didn't perform better in LA. I know for a southern state it is has a large Catholic population but even so

I assume he must struggling beyond evangelicals/Baptists just like everywhere else

Dave

[Lincoln Republican]

My congratulations go to Senator John McCain on his impressive win in Louisiana!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm curious as to why Huckabee didn't perform better in LA. I know for a southern state it is has a large Catholic population but even so

I assume he must struggling beyond evangelicals/Baptists just like everywhere else

Dave

Because the caucus was a joke. They simply elected delegates, just delegates, uncommitted to any candidate. Then the delegates voted for whoever they wanted.

[Democratic Hawk]

I'm curious as to why Huckabee didn't perform better in LA. I know for a southern state it is has a large Catholic population but even so

I assume he must struggling beyond evangelicals/Baptists just like everywhere else

Dave

Because the caucus was a joke. They simply elected delegates, just delegates, uncommitted to any candidate. Then the delegates voted for whoever they wanted.

Is it any wonder? Much ado with elections in LA are a joke . Furthermore, the state is full of shysters only too keen to jump on some bandwagon

Dave

[defe07]

There are 2 things I'd like to make clear. First of all, the uncommitted "Pro-life/Pro-family" slate won the most delegates and second, Louisiana has a primary on 2/9. If the winner gets 50% +1 of the vote or more, that candidate gets 20 National Convention delegates. If not, they go to the NC uncommitted. Anyone got a doubt still?

[Democratic Hawk]

There are 2 things I'd like to make clear. First of all, the uncommitted "Pro-life/Pro-family" slate won the most delegates and second, Louisiana has a primary on 2/9. If the winner gets 50% +1 of the vote or more, that candidate gets 20 National Convention delegates. If not, they go to the NC uncommitted. Anyone got a doubt still?

20 out of 67 delegates for any candidate winning 50% +1 of ballots cast in a primary? Wow. Quite a "democratic deficit" there mind

Dave

[defe07]

There are 2 things I'd like to make clear. First of all, the uncommitted "Pro-life/Pro-family" slate won the most delegates and second, Louisiana has a primary on 2/9. If the winner gets 50% +1 of the vote or more, that candidate gets 20 National Convention delegates. If not, they go to the NC uncommitted. Anyone got a doubt still?

20 out of 67 delegates for any candidate winning 50% +1 of ballots cast in a primary? Wow. Quite a "democratic deficit" there mind

Dave

You almost got it Dave... it's 20 out of 47 delegates but it's OK, up til a few weeks ago, I didn't know that LA was having a caucus either.

[Eraserhead]

Even more meaningless than Maine.

[Democratic Hawk]

There are 2 things I'd like to make clear. First of all, the uncommitted "Pro-life/Pro-family" slate won the most delegates and second, Louisiana has a primary on 2/9. If the winner gets 50% +1 of the vote or more, that candidate gets 20 National Convention delegates. If not, they go to the NC uncommitted. Anyone got a doubt still?

20 out of 67 delegates for any candidate winning 50% +1 of ballots cast in a primary? Wow. Quite a "democratic deficit" there mind

Dave

You almost got it Dave... it's 20 out of 47 delegates but it's OK, up til a few weeks ago, I didn't know that LA was having a caucus either.

It's just with reading that McCain will receive 41 out of 47 delegates, I just assumed the other 20 were added on giving 67 in total

Dave

[Brandon H]

The Pro-Life Uncommitted was mostly Fred Thompson supporters (who dropped out either the day of of the day before the caucuses) and supporters of other candidates who did not have a full slate of delegates. However, these were delegates to the state convention who will then select the delegates to the national convention, so there is still a large degree of uncertainty here.