It’s the Rules: Utah to Vote for Romney
Scrippsnews.com reports on Utah’s rule that mandates that the delegates must vote for the winner of that state’s primary. As you know, Gov. Romney blew the competition away with a 90% landslide vote in Utah’s primary this past spring.
Won’t it be great to hear the chairperson of Utah’s delegation intone: “Mr./Madam Chairman, the great state of Utah proudly casts it’s 36 votes for Gov. Mitt Romney for President of the United States of America!”
~~John Cronin~~
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/34889
WASHINGTON –
The music will be rising into a crescendo, the hall glowing with red, blue and white stars, confetti at the waiting, when Utah delegates take the microphone in the nomination of John McCain for president and cast their ballots for — Mitt Romney.
It’s not that Utah Republicans love Romney so much they can’t bring themselves to back McCain or that they won’t let go of Romney’s failed presidential bid. It’s the rules.
As it stands, all 36 of the state’s delegates are bound on the first ballot to vote for the winner of Utah’s Republican primary: Romney, who nabbed a whopping 90 percent of the vote.
July 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I can’t wait to see that! Thanks for the info, John.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Is that really true? (I still have so much to learn) Will Utah really have to vote for Mitt Romney?
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 am
Just remember Mitt has roooots in Michigan!!!!!!! Not Bloomberg!If Mitt is V.P., does Utah still vote Mitt for Pres.?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am
As the article states, the vote will be meaningless. (unless, God forbid, something catastrophic happens)
Individual states have their own rules about “winner-take-all” primaries. It’s my understanding that Utah’s rules would mandate that on the first roll call vote at the convention, they would have to cast their votes for Romney. If everything then plays out as expected, McCain will, of course, have all the votes he needs to secure the nomination on the first vote.
If I understand the article, it will just be a fun moment for us Mittheads, but it will also register the thought in many voter’s memories. Hearing that phrase on National broadcast and cable television:…..”the great state of Utah proudly casts it’s 36 votes for Gov. Romney for President of the United States of America!”