Santorum, Paul camps team up to get more delegates | Seattle Times Newspaper - Associated Press:
March 31, 2012 - "The Rick Santorum and Ron Paul camps are teaming up to deny Romney delegates at the state convention, seemingly channeling those delegates to Santorum's turf, The Seattle Times reported Saturday
"Santorum state volunteer coordinator Graden Neal said the former senator from Pennsylvania directed the alliance.... Neal said the presidential candidate joined a conference call with Washington state campaign leaders on Wednesday.
"'And the Senator didn't mince words,' Neal wrote. 'In order for us to win the nomination in Tampa in August, we must deny Romney delegates to that convention. If ... Romney receives 1,144 delegates before the national convention, it is all over for our campaign. That is the reason why the Senator himself directed us to coalition with the Ron Paul delegates to deny Romney any state delegates'....
"A spokeswoman for the Paul campaign ... said in an email they are 'fully aboard' with the effort."
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March 31, 2012 - "The Rick Santorum and Ron Paul camps are teaming up to deny Romney delegates at the state convention, seemingly channeling those delegates to Santorum's turf, The Seattle Times reported Saturday
"Santorum state volunteer coordinator Graden Neal said the former senator from Pennsylvania directed the alliance.... Neal said the presidential candidate joined a conference call with Washington state campaign leaders on Wednesday.
"'And the Senator didn't mince words,' Neal wrote. 'In order for us to win the nomination in Tampa in August, we must deny Romney delegates to that convention. If ... Romney receives 1,144 delegates before the national convention, it is all over for our campaign. That is the reason why the Senator himself directed us to coalition with the Ron Paul delegates to deny Romney any state delegates'....
"A spokeswoman for the Paul campaign ... said in an email they are 'fully aboard' with the effort."
Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017881363_apwastaterepublicandelegates1stldwritethru.html
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