I feel like an idiot, but maybe someone here can help me out. I went to the local republican caucus, and left as more confused about the actual cacusing procedures then when I went in. The way it was explained to us, the precincts all elect a delegate, who moves up to the county caucus on March 12th, on that date, he must vote on the first vote the way his precinct directed him. From here on it got fuzzy. I understood that if no clear winner came out of the first vote, then the negotiations began. How the local delegates combine to form the delegates going to the state conference, and how votes are combined, well, I don't think anyone there really knew. My question and thought is this. With the vote so divided, what are the odds that the huckabee , ron paul paul, and uncommitteds will combine to take down McCain. The mood from our caucus was clearly anybody but McCain, to at least send a message out that he is to liberal. I got the opinion that there would be a lot of negotiation with the sole purpose of keeping McCain from getting it.
Looking at the way the Media is covering it, the non-committeds are ignored, and they seem to say a small lead guarantees it for McCain. Like I said, I am total confused.
Rather than argue about politics on this one, does anyone know how the actual delegates are appropriated for each party and how the county and state delegates are chosen?
Thanks