Sources indicate that the official slate of delegates, all McCain supporters, were elected at the state GOP convention. Thus ends the effort by Ron Paul supporters to try to nab the delegate slate. The vote was apparently fairly close, but clear.
Paul supporters have to be disappointed, but they at least had the treat of getting to hear Paul himself speak at the convention, and see him well-received.
Still waiting on "real" news sources with links.
Don't miss Carol's incredible (and incredibly entertaining) Missoulapolis live-blogging here and here. It's almost like being there!
Update: There was some excitement earlier in the day, according to this piece from Chuck Johnson -- courtesy of our Dem friends wielding videocams.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sen. Burns gets the boot -- not...
Sen. Conrad Burns had been scheduled to be the keynote speaker addressing the Montana state convention on behalf of Sen. John McCain. This makes sense, since Burns is the titular head of the McCain campaign in Montana and is a former Senate colleague of McCain's.
But then we learned that Burns had been replaced:
The Montana Republican Party says the McCain campaign has replaced Burns with Rod Knutson, who spent time in Vietnamese prisoner of war camps with McCain.
The move comes a week after Burns' comments that he only reluctantly supports McCain; however, a campaign spokesman says the events were not related.
Whoops. Burns would have done well to steal a page from the Tom Coburn playbook. Coburn has a more conservative voting record than Burns did -- and yet when he campaigned on behalf of McCain, he only talked about what they had in common.
What was it that our mother's used to tell us? If you can't say something nice... That certainly applies to politicians who are endorsing other politicians.
Later, however, it was reported that Knutson was going to be speaking in addition to Burns, not instead of him. The reports must have made for some good inside baseball buzz for a while.
Does anyone want to bet, however, that when Burns speaks, he will this time give a glowing endorsement of McCain, accentuating the positive and leaving anything negative unsaid?
But then we learned that Burns had been replaced:
The Montana Republican Party says the McCain campaign has replaced Burns with Rod Knutson, who spent time in Vietnamese prisoner of war camps with McCain.
The move comes a week after Burns' comments that he only reluctantly supports McCain; however, a campaign spokesman says the events were not related.
Whoops. Burns would have done well to steal a page from the Tom Coburn playbook. Coburn has a more conservative voting record than Burns did -- and yet when he campaigned on behalf of McCain, he only talked about what they had in common.
What was it that our mother's used to tell us? If you can't say something nice... That certainly applies to politicians who are endorsing other politicians.
Later, however, it was reported that Knutson was going to be speaking in addition to Burns, not instead of him. The reports must have made for some good inside baseball buzz for a while.
Does anyone want to bet, however, that when Burns speaks, he will this time give a glowing endorsement of McCain, accentuating the positive and leaving anything negative unsaid?
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