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Subscribe to RSSJohn Yob, a political strategist from Michigan, who advised the Santorum campaign in the days leading up to the Wolverine State primary, will soon take on the responsibility of heading up the campaign's delegate strategy, NBC News has learned.
The move signals a newfound interest in, as one adviser put it, "learning the rules." No one in the campaign was dedicated exclusively to delegate strategy previous to Yob.
Romney endorser Saul Anuzis is a member of the credentials committee in Michigan that made the decision to allocate the final two delegates the way it did, giving Romney the delegate win, 16-14, when most news organizations, had it at 15-15. (More on that here.) Anuzis is a former state party chairman and ran for chairman of the Republican National Committee.
As a point of a context, the Yobs and Anuzis are considered rivals in Michigan Republican politics.
As Tim Mak wrote on FrumForum in November 2010 when Yob endorsed Anuzis for RNC chairman: "Yob and Anuzis had been political foes in what had been a frequent faceoff in the state between Grand Rapids Republicans and Oakland County Republicans."
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Yo Ricky, how can your campaign be learning the rules when your party rewrites them daily?
Wayne-1656909
Yo Ricky, how can your campaign be learning the rules when your party rewrites them daily?
Santorum is a dumb @ss he can't learn.; no matter who writes the rules.
I know Obama's math is bad , from our out of control debt ....
But this may be even worse ....
Counting is only a theory. It is taught as fact. Numberism is hedonism. When we teach that at schools, that is where our children meet 666. Santorum above all, should have known that !
What is a "delegate counter"? There's only 30 delegates. What is there to count?
There are two of them, and they have the same last name, Koch!
30 is more than 20...and, well, when you run out of fingers and toes you're in trouble.
(Although, there is his...well...let's just say that he would be using IT for something other than what God intended.)
Wayne-1656909
There are two of them, and they have the same last name, Koch!
And one other;Wayne. That'd be ALEC!
Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue
Business money
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Our President had the ability to see the floodgates opening up with Citizens United because foreign corporations can donate their monies in favor of their interests.
ALEC Corporations & Election Spending
http://projects.propublica.org/alec-contributions/
This delegate counting thingy must be more than just 1+1=2.......may it's more advanced like trigonometry or something.
Little Ricky is a Dummy!
Do you have to have a college degree to be a delegate counter?
Nahhh! All you need is a well lubricated abacus...
Actually it's an important strategic function. You know those electoral college maps for the general election? In a competitive nomination battle, you need someone who can put together a strategy like you can model in those maps. Except delegate counts are more complicated than electors, because rules are markedly different in every state.
Without a delegate counter, you're just flapping around on the wind. With one, you have a roadmap that shows you what you need where, from which you can make adult decisions about spreading resources.
And the fact that Santorum didn't have one already is notable. It either means his staff didn't think they had a real shot anyway, or they didn't know - never been there before, and never thought it through.
[Nahhh! All you need is a well lubricated abacus...]
Maybe he will hold his arms up and and say....
"Abacus Ca-dabracus...delegates APPEAR"!
Isn't counting one of those elitist forms of snobbery taught in schools? Santorum don't need no stinking math to help him win.
Da Noid- I'm still laughing..."there's his..."
The GOP big Kahuna, whoever he is, must have a thumb on the scale. Note that the close contests are awarded to Landslide Willard (LW). Iowa was prematurely awarded to (LW). Maine was awarded to LW despite uncounted votes. LW claims the majority of MI delegates which Ricky disputes. Did the Kahuna make a phone call?
If the Kahuna wants LW to be the nominee, why not just say so and stop this wasteful nonsense?
The GOP will get the candidate they didn't vote for just like America got in 2000.
Small VS Big government.
The most misused terminology to confuse the public. When I was asked what I prefer, I said small government because I thought, just as many voters do think that small government means less police involvement in my (their) personal affairs. I did NOT know that small government means MORE police involvement in people's personal affairs with little say from elected representatives. In small government, only police are to decide on people's fate and not their elected representatives. Many voters do not know that.Can Politicians urgently clarify the differences.
Polls show that a large percentage of ordinary American voters do not understand the different between
Small government and Big government.
This is an issue which Democrats and Republicans need to clarify to American People. The actual difference is as follows:
1. Elected leaders must be inaccessible in a small government. Voters must not reach them. If you are a voter, be informed that in a small government structure, politicians only need your participation in electing them. Once you have elected them, they need to become too small to help you with your personal concerns. If you have personal concern after electing your representative, you are advised to see the police and not your representative because they have formed a small government.
2. Concerns of voters must be handled by the police and not by elected leaders in a small government.
3. Public funds can only be used in wars or to help foreign countries that are facing hardship and must not be used to help American people in a small government. Big government is the opposite of what I have mentioned above. Big government is a government elected by the people to address their concerns. It is a government in which elected representatives are obliged to address individual voters concerns. They must be accessible. It is a government by the people, of the people and for the people.
Sam,
You are using sarcasm correct?
Big government (sometimes capitalized as Big Government) is a term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates, or libertarians to describe a government or public sector which they consider to be excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy or the private sector. In this latter sense, the term may also be used by political liberals in relation to government policies which attempt to regulate matters considered to be private or personal, such as private sexual behavior. (from Wikipedia)
Small government is one which minimizes its own activities. It is a concept important to classical liberalism, republicanism and libertarianism.
The origin of the United States lies in the adoption of a Constitution whose advocates favored a strong central government. For example Alexander Hamilton wrote, in The Federalist Papers, "Not to confer in each case a degree of power commensurate to the end would be to violate the most obvious rules of prudence and propriety, and improvidently to trust the great interests of the nation to hands which are disabled from managing them with vigor and success."
The Tea Party movement, however, claims that the Founding Fathers advocated small government and that, contrary to what Hamilton wrote, the Constitution prohibits large government. They also claim that in the past the United States had a small government, and that it has turned away from that ideal. The Republican Party is associated with the idea of small government, especially in its conservative wing containing politicians like Ron Paul. One minor party, the Libertarian party, has an ideology of small government. Another advocate for small government is Carla Howell. (from Wikipedia)
You're in the big leagues now Santorum; it would behoove you to learn the rules of the game
There are a lot of things that "Sanitarium Santorum" needs to learn, and comprehend. He needs to learn how to intellectually think, reason, and research all material read. "Sanitorum Santorum" does not know the US Constitution, the US Bill Of Rights, the Declaration Of Independence, the Civil Rights Act Of 1964, the Voting Rights Act Of 1965, US History, World History, ethics, morality and really understanding the Bible. That is fact!
Wow he must really be stupid, jump into a run for the presidency and then start learning the rules! Ha and people say Obama wasn't qualified, haha I guess if he would (in a snowballs chance in he!!) win he will then start learning the rules to run a country,haha. Oh yeah and these are the same people who thought Palin would make a good VP. Thanks for a good laugh on a rainy night.
Just what this country needs...ANOTHER On-The-Job Training president!
God....did we learn nothing from electing Barack Hussein Obama?
Learning the rules is a good idea. It probably would have been a good idea a long time ago. I'm not a political adviser but I think I may have a few suggestions for you. First, lose the sweater vests. Yeah, I know, not a huge thing but for people who think you come across as an out of touch religious geek it kind of confirms it for them. The camera rarely pans down that low; I assume you're not wearing white socks with your dress slacks.
Item number two is shut up. Again I'm not a professional, but the fact that much of what you say that is unscripted makes you sound like you're not incredibly smart, you are a complete religious zealot, and that you want to allow your religion to be the law of the land, effectively turning it into a theocracy. Anyone who objects to this is, of course, interfering with your right to practice your religion. Things are run that way in Iran, Rick. Not in the United States of America.
I was going to list more but I think I can boil all of it down to one common denominator: Don't let people get an inkling of who and what your really are. It's frightening to the sane ones and you already have the crazies in your camp. My very best wishes. Actually the last line was true only in regards to your little girl. I hope she is well.