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THE 16 COUNTIES YOU SING ABOUT,
ONLY 13 COUNT.
AS WE AWAIT THE HELP FROM THE
FOURTH GRADERS, WE'LL BRING IN
SOMEONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
MESS, DOUG WEAD, SENIOR ADVISOR
TO THE RON PAUL CAMPAIGN,
MR. WEAD THANK YOU FOR COMING
BACK AND BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, RACHEL.
>> SIMPLE QUESTION, WHO WON THE
MAINE CAUCUS?
>> WE WON AS FAR AS GETTING
DELEGATES ARE CONCERNED, AND
RIGHT NOW, UNTIL ALL THE VOTES
ARE CAST THE NETWORKS ARE
DECLARING OR THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS DECLARING MITT ROMNEY
WON.
THERE IS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT
YOU SAID.
WASHINGTON COUNTY WAS THE ONLY
COUNTY RON PAUL CARRIED FOUR
YEARS AGO, THE STRONGEST COUNTY
AND THE MAN WHO CANCELLED IT WAS
A MITT ROMNEY SUPPORTER, THAT IS
A LITTLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE YOU
PROBABLY NEED TO ADD.
AND THE SNOW STORM HE PREDICTED
DIDN'T HAPPEN BUT FOUR YEARS
BEFORE WHEN ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE
CAME OUT AND MADE IT HIS ONLY
VICTORY, THEY HAD EIGHT INCHES
OF SNOW AND THE GIRL SCOUTS MET
FINE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WHILE
THEY CANCELLED THE CAUCUS.
IN EVERY OTHER INSTANCE YOU
MENTIONED, WALDO COUNTY, IN EACH
OF THE CITIES, IN BELFAST,
PORTLAND, NEWPORTLAND,
WATERVILLE, ON EVERY OCCASION
THE VOTES THAT WERE LOST WERE
PAUL VOTES AND THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THEM
WERE MITT ROMNEY SUPPORTERS.
IN ONE CASE.
VOTES WERE TRANSFERRED FROM
PAPER TO ELECTRONINGS AND THE
LADY WAS A MITT ROMNEY PERSON.
IT COULD BE THE COSTLIEST
VICTORY MITT ROMNEY EVER HAD
BECAUSE THE ROMULINS ARE NOT
HAPPY.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO FORCE MAINE
TO REVISIT THE DECLARATION OF A
WINNER HERE OR THEY ARE GOING TO
CHANNEL THAT OUTRAGE IN
SOMETHING ELSE THEY THINK WILL
HELP MR. PAUL?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE
BIT OF BOTH.
AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL
OKAY ABOUT DELEGATE SELECTION, I
SAW ONE OF THE NETWORKS GIVING
MITT ROMNEY EIGHT AND GIVING US
SEVEN DELEGATES, THANKFULLY THAT
NETWORK DOESN'T GET THAT
PRIVILEGE AND OUR NUMBERS SHOW
WE CAPTURED MAJORITY OF THE
DELEGATES IN MAINE, BUT
NEVERTHELESS, IT'S NOT THAT THE
VICTORY IS SO IMPORTANT IT'S
JUST LOSING IT THAT WAY IS KIND
OF TOUGH.
>> WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST WEEK
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DELEGATE
STRATEGY OF THE RON PAUL
CAMPAIGN AND WHILE IT SEEMS
ARCANE, THE BASIC IDEA IN THE
CAUCUS STATES DELEGATES ARE NOT
ALLOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE BASIS
OF HOW PEOPLE VOTE IN THE
CAUCUSES, THE DELEGATES ARE
ALLOCATED BY A SEPARATE PROCESS
AND YOU THINK HAVE GAMED THE
PROCESS ALL THE DELEGATES WILL
BE RON PAUL DELEGATES EVEN IF
THE VOTERS THEMSELVES DIDN'T
CHOOSE RON PAUL.
THAT IS THE IMPRESSION WE LEFT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WITH LAST WEEK.
I WANT TO JUST HAVE YOU
REITERATE IF THAT IS IN FACT
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
>> IT'S DIFFERENT IN EACH STATE.
IN NEVADA, ACTUALLY ON THE FIRST
BALLOT, THE DELEGATION THAT
SELECTED TO GO TO THE RNC NEVADA
HAS TO VOTE FOR THE WINNER OF
THE BEAUTY CONTEST ON THE FIRST
BALLOT, THERE AFTER THEY CAN
VOTE AS THEY WISH.
BUT UNLESS THE CANDIDATE THAT
WON RELEASES THEM WHICH IS
CONCEIVABLE THE WAY THE CONTEST
IS GOING.
IN MOST STATES, YES, IT'S
DECIDED THE RULES ARE THAT THE
STATE CONVENTION WILL DECIDE WHO
THE DELEGATION IS AND THE BEAUTY
CONTEST IS TOTALLY IRRELEVANT
THOSE WERE THE RULES.
IT'S NOT A NEW THING IT'S HOW
BARACK OBAMA WON THE DEMOCRAT
NOMINATION FOUR YEARS BEFORE.
HILLARY CLINTON CARRIED
CALIFORNIA, SHE CARRIED NEW
YORK, SHE CARRIED NEW JERSEY,
PENNSYLVANIA, I DON'T KNOW IF
SHE CARRIED OHIO, I CAN'T
REMEMBER OHIO, BUT CARRIED A LOT
OF THE BIGGEST STATES BUT BARACK
OBAMA WON THE NOMINATION BECAUSE
HE WORKED HARD IN THE CAUCUS
STATES.
>> THE DIFFERENT CUSS IN THE
CAUCUS STATE HE WON BY LARGE
MARGINS AND GOT THE DELEGATES
THAT WAY.
YOU'RE CLAIMING DELEGATES YOU
TALKED ABOUT THINKING YOU WON
MINNESOTA, WON COLORADO, WON
NEVADA, THAT YOU MAY HAVE WON
FROM READING THE CAMPAIGN STUFF
YOU MAY HAVE WON ALL 24
DELEGATES IN MAINE IN MOST OF
THOSE CASES DR. PAUL WAS NOT
FIRST OR IS NOT IN CONTENTION TO
BE FIRST IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE
VOTES WERE COUNTED AT THE
CAUCUS, THAT IS A DIFFERENCE HOW
OBAMA RACKED UP HIS DELEGATES,
ISN'T IT?
>> NO IT ISN'T.
THE BEAUTY CONTEST IN EACH OF
THOSE IS A NON-BINDING CONTEST
THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
IF WE KNEW IT MATTERED, IN SOME
STATES IT DOES, IN SOME STATES
LIKE NEW HAM SHARE, THE
DELEGATES WERE AWARDED
PROPORTIONATELY BASED HOW HOW
THEY ENDED IN THE VOTE.
SO WHAT WE CAMPAIGNED IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, CAME IN SECOND, WE
CONTESTED IT.
THE VOTE IN MINNESOTA WAS BASE
PROD PORTIONALLY HOW YOU
APPEARED IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST
WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS AND
FOUGHT, BUT TO SAY THAT WE'RE
STEALING THE DELEGATES IS NOT
TRUE.
SANTORUM KNOWS THE PROCESS,
GINGRICH AND MITT ROMNEY KNOW
THE PROCESS, IN FACT IT WAS
DEVISED FOR MITT ROMNEY AND THE
WAY THE PROCESS IS IS ANY
CANDIDATE CAN HAVE PEOPLE GO,
VOTE IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST AND
STAY AND ELECT THEIR OWN
DELEGATES TO IN SOME CASES THE
DISTRICT CONVENTION IN SOME
CASES THE COUNTY CONVENTION,
IT'S NOT A BIG SECRET, IT HAS
BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
IF THEY ARE PATIENT THEY GO TO
THE COUNTY CONVENTION AND ELECT
AGAIN NEW DELEGATES TO GO TO THE
STATE CONVENTION WHERE THEY THEN
ELECT THE DELEGATES THAT WILL GO
TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
WE DON'T HAVE BIG MONEY, MITT
ROMNEY CAN LITERALLY CREATE
MONEY BECAUSE GOLDMAN SACHS AND
BANK OF AMERICA, JP MORGAN ARE
GETTING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
ELECTRONICALLY CREATED MONEY
FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE, WE'RE
CHALLENGING AN ELITE SYSTEM.
WE'RE A PEOPLES MOVEMEN AND WE
DON'T HAVE THEIR KIND OF MONEY
AND WE HAVE TO, AS LONG AS WE
PLAY BY THEIR RULES AND WIN WE
CAN KEEP GOING.
>> DOUG WEAD, SENIOR INDIVIDUALS
OR TO THE RON PAUL CAMPAIGN,
EVERYBODY TREATING THIS LIKE A