Nevada Convention Chaos
The Nevada Republican party held their state convention this past Saturday in an attempt to elect delegates to the national convention. The result was instead unresolved chaos due to party officials’ dissatisfaction with the outcome.
Ron Paul came in second earlier this year at the caucuses, coming in well ahead of McCain who largely ignored Nevada. Paul also gave a speech to the convention. It should come as no surprise then that the convention was packed with Ron Paul supporters, eager to send as many Ron Paul delegates to the national convention as possible. After some success in doing just that, frustrated party officials began to worry, and eventually took desperate measures which resulted in illegally (according to party rules) postponing the convention and voiding the results. A better account of the confusion that occurred at the convention can be seen in the following local news report.
An insider account that describes more accurately, the shenanigans of the party officials can be read here.
Below are links to the speech given by Ron Paul at the convention:
And finally some footage of the chaos at the convention: