Louisiana Results Still
Kept Mum;
Ron Paul Campaign Files Caucus
Challenge
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Just what in the world happened in
Louisiana? We reported on Thursday how it was being said that Senator
John McCain placed first in the Louisiana Republican caucus, with Ron
Paul a close second, and Mitt Romney third. But suspiciously, almost
a week after the LA primaries, the Republican Party of Louisiana (LAGOP) has still not
released the official results. And presidential candidate Ron Paul
is ready to cry foul.
On Friday, the Ron Paul campaign filed a
letter with the LAGOP, both contesting the legitimacy of delegates'
credentials, and asserting mistakes in provisional ballots by the LAGOP
(including nearly 500 that could change the outcome of the election),
according to a press release by the Ron Paul campaign.
"The
initial failure of the Louisiana GOP to properly determine who was and
wasn't eligible to vote threw this entire process into disarray," says Ron
Paul's campaign manager, Lew Moore. "However, voter eligibility was
just one of many irregularities with the caucus process."
Indeed,
the inability of the LAGOP to provide final numbers, as well as the
absence of the Louisiana Republican caucus results in the media, is quite
suspect to us. We'll be calling the press rep for the LAGOP tomorrow
to try and get some answers. Stay tuned!
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