Paul Supporter Offers to Pay for Nevada GOP Convention
CARSON CITY, Nev. — A Sparks dentist and Ron Paul supporter said Wednesday his offer to pay for a Reno hotel-casino room big enough for nearly 1,400 Nevada Republicans stands even though party leaders want to find their own solution to completing a chaotic state GOP convention. “This is a bona fide offer,” said Dr. Wayne Terhune, adding that other potential solutions such as a mail-in process to complete a national GOP convention delegation from Nevada wouldn’t be fair.
Terhune said he has reserved a large room at the Grand Sierra Resort for June 7. He said he didn’t know what the final cost would be, although he figured it would be at least $2,000. He added he hasn’t put a cap on what he’s willing to spend.
Party officials say the convention will reconvene in Reno in the next several weeks to complete the event abruptly shut down on April 26 prior to final votes on what was shaping up as a national convention delegation with more backers for Paul than for presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain.
Zach Moyle, the state party’s executive director, said Tuesday the idea is “to maximize participation, not to pick a random rate,” and various dates and locations still are being considered with that goal in mind. He added the party is doing its own legwork and doesn’t intend to use the Grand Sierra Resort.
Moyle has said that completing the convention by mid-June would be good, but the goal of a big turnout is more important even if it means the event can’t occur until some time in July.
Ron Paul backers were upset by the recess at the April 26 convention and expressed concern about getting fair treatment when it resumes. Party leaders have insisted the Paul supporters won’t be disenfranchised.
Paul’s organizers have said supporters of the Texas congressman will turn out in force for the rest of the convention and want to make sure that the 31-member national convention delegation from Nevada isn’t picked in secret.
WHat a deal. The party would be crazy to decline having an outside party pay for the event. I hope that the convention re-convenes, or else it will just keep all these Ron Paul supporters crying about how the party doesn’t want them to be a part of it
Great Article
For those of you reading the comments the line by Sean this is not what happened!
The Majority passed a rule change that according to the GOP rules was done as required, the vote passed and the GOP leadership put the whole process on the slow boat to china after that.
The GOP leadership was stunned that Ron Paul address to the convention was much more loudly recieved than Romney’s and that crowd was orderly. The recourse as Sean suggests needs to be that GOP leadership follow the will of the Party members.
The Majority will vote for Paul delegates and that is the way it should be, because 40 years of towing the GOP&DEM party line has gotten us (you and me) 53 trillion in debt and another war that is not winable in the conventional sense.
The people who are willing to be delegates and show up determine who gets nominated not regular voters. Sorry people, if you do not like it try to change it by becoming a delegate and changing it.
Which is why Clinton has a very good chance. Obama supporters who are new to the process may not show up at district and state conventions. Many pledged Obama delegates may end up being Hillary supporters just waiting to get elected to national and take the nomination after the first vote.
Sean,
You are poorly informed. The McCain people didn’t have the numbers to change the rules. The Ron Paul people MAINTAINED THE RULE that delivers all delegates to the primary winner (Romney with what, 72%) on the first ballot. (While at the same time Missouri GOP officials are denying due process and breaking the rules to deliver, via the same rule, all 58 MO GOP delegates to McCain, who got 33% in the primary.)
The McCain people deny Due Process, they make up new rules on the spot, they violate THEIR OWN rules. Will McCain do any differently should he become President?
The Paul people had the votes and followed the Rules. You object? You prefer tyranny?
They did not run out of time. Instead the Old Guard disrupted and sabotaged their own convention, by dawdling until they “ran out of time”, because they could not motivate enough people to support McCain, while Ron Paul people showed up because they know the crucial importance of Liberty.
The Nevada process was abruptly shut down because Ron Paul’s supporters passed a rule change and were about to capture all the delegates. There needs to be some sort of recourse for what happened there. It was not because they ran out of time, that’s already been proven.
Very positive report delivered in a very fair manner–Thanks, FOX NEWS!
The revolution continues!
C U in D.C. July 12th!!!!!!!
The only reason for the delay is for them to figure out how to disclude Dr. Paul.
The youth of this country has spoken. It’s only a matter of time. This is the most exciting change in events that has happened since I’ve been following politics. I’ve been blind for forty years. Finally I’ve seen the light. Thanks to Ron Paul.
If you think Paul’s suppoprters are making waves now, wait until Nov.