Ron Paul Secures 2nd Place in Louisiana, Predicts Giuliani Dropout
January 24, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) Preliminary results show that Senator John McCain has won the Republican party’s caucuses in Louisiana while Ron Paul took second place.
Republican Party of Louisiana Chairman Roger F. Villere, Jr. announced the preliminary results of delegate elections held at GOP caucuses across the state on Tuesday evening.
“Preliminary results show that a majority of the 105 state convention delegates who have been elected ran on a statewide pro-life uncommitted slate,” Villere said. “I congratulate the candidates and supporters of this group on their victory and look forward to working with them to keep our Party platform pro-life at the state and national conventions,” he said.
“I offer my congratulations Senator John McCain on his success in the Louisiana caucuses,”" Villere said. “Senator McCain is an American hero and this is further evidence that he enjoys strong support in Louisiana and throughout the South,” he said.
Supporters of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) appear to have captured the next highest number of delegate positions.
“I applaud the supporters of Congressman Paul for their enthusiasm and superior organizational ability,” Villere said. “Our Party needs the infusion of new activists who have both political skill and a passion for protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution,” he said. “I left the caucus with a renewed commitment to promote our core Republican principles of limited government and individual freedom, thanks to the zeal displayed by Congressman Paul’s Louisiana supporters,” Villere said.
Next Tuesday, Florida hosts a major Republican primary. Florida is where the former mayor of New York City hopes to turn things around but a new Florida poll by the St. Petersburg Times showed McCain leading the state with 25 percent, followed by Romney with 23 percent. Giuliani trailed at 15 percent despite spending millions of dollars in Florida and investing all of his campaigns time and energy there.
Congressman Ron Paul who also secured second place in Nevada, predicted that former frontrunner Rudy Giuliani would soon drop out of the Republican contest. Paul has beaten Giuliani in four out of five Republican primaries.
“Most of the mainstream media continue to pretend that we do not exist,” reads a statement from Paul on his campaign website. “Yet soon the race will be down to four candidates-Romney, McCain, Huckabee, and me, and there is no stopping us, as Tim Russert grudgingly pointed out the other night. Thanks to you, we are in this all the way through a brokered convention.”
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