The “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011" HAS BECOME LAW.

The “Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011" HAS BECOME LAW.

This bill makes it a felony to protest at any place or event attended by any person with secret service protection.

Candidates can now request and receive temporary status to qualify for Secret Service . Mitt Romney has received it for some time now during the GOP race. May have said this bill is a set up to deny the 1st amendment rights of Americans. Many say it is one of those laws that  will lead us down the dark path of communism.

Justin Amash (R) Michigan

Below is a list of those that voted for and against the the bill.  Note only 3 voted against this bills passage, including Justin Amash (R) from Michigan.

House Vote On Passage: H.R. 347: Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011

Vote [Sort]	District [Sort]	Representative [Sort by Name] [Sort by Party]
Alabama
Yea	AL-1	Bonner, Jo [R]
Yea	AL-2	Roby, Martha [R]
Yea	AL-3	Rogers, Michael [R]
Yea	AL-4	Aderholt, Robert [R]
Yea	AL-5	Brooks, Mo [R]
Yea	AL-6	Bachus, Spencer [R]
Yea	AL-7	Sewell, Terri [D]
Alaska
Yea	AK-0	Young, Donald [R]
Arizona
Yea	AZ-1	Gosar, Paul [R]
Yea	AZ-2	Franks, Trent [R]
Yea	AZ-3	Quayle, Ben [R]
Yea	AZ-4	Pastor, Edward [D]
Yea	AZ-5	Schweikert, David [R]
Yea	AZ-6	Flake, Jeff [R]
Yea	AZ-7	Grijalva, Raul [D]
Not Voting	AZ-8	Giffords, Gabrielle [D]
Arkansas
Yea	AR-1	Crawford, Rick [R]
Yea	AR-2	Griffin, Tim [R]
Yea	AR-3	Womack, Steve [R]
Yea	AR-4	Ross, Mike [D]
California
Yea	CA-1	Thompson, C. [D]
Yea	CA-2	Herger, Walter [R]
Yea	CA-3	Lungren, Daniel [R]
Yea	CA-4	McClintock, Tom [R]
Yea	CA-5	Matsui, Doris [D]
Yea	CA-6	Woolsey, Lynn [D]
Yea	CA-7	Miller, George [D]
Yea	CA-8	Pelosi, Nancy [D]
Yea	CA-9	Lee, Barbara [D]
Yea	CA-10	Garamendi, John [D]
Yea	CA-11	McNerney, Jerry [D]
Yea	CA-12	Speier, Jackie [D]
Yea	CA-13	Stark, Fortney [D]
Yea	CA-14	Eshoo, Anna [D]
Yea	CA-15	Honda, Michael [D]
Yea	CA-16	Lofgren, Zoe [D]
Yea	CA-17	Farr, Sam [D]
Yea	CA-18	Cardoza, Dennis [D]
Yea	CA-19	Denham, Jeff [R]
Yea	CA-20	Costa, Jim [D]
Yea	CA-21	Nunes, Devin [R]
Yea	CA-22	McCarthy, Kevin [R]
Yea	CA-23	Capps, Lois [D]
Yea	CA-24	Gallegly, Elton [R]
Yea	CA-25	McKeon, Howard [R]
Yea	CA-26	Dreier, David [R]
Yea	CA-27	Sherman, Brad [D]
Yea	CA-28	Berman, Howard [D]
Yea	CA-29	Schiff, Adam [D]
Yea	CA-30	Waxman, Henry [D]
Yea	CA-31	Becerra, Xavier [D]
Yea	CA-32	Chu, Judy [D]
Yea	CA-33	Bass, Karen [D]
Yea	CA-34	Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D]
Yea	CA-35	Waters, Maxine [D]
Yea	CA-37	Richardson, Laura [D]
Yea	CA-38	Napolitano, Grace [D]
Yea	CA-39	Sanchez, Linda [D]
Yea	CA-40	Royce, Edward [R]
Yea	CA-41	Lewis, Jerry [R]
Yea	CA-42	Miller, Gary [R]
Yea	CA-43	Baca, Joe [D]
Yea	CA-44	Calvert, Ken [R]
Yea	CA-45	Bono Mack, Mary [R]
Not Voting	CA-46	Rohrabacher, Dana [R]
Yea	CA-47	Sanchez, Loretta [D]
Yea	CA-48	Campbell, John [R]
Yea	CA-49	Issa, Darrell [R]
Yea	CA-50	Bilbray, Brian [R]
Yea	CA-51	Filner, Bob [D]
Yea	CA-52	Hunter, Duncan [R]
Yea	CA-53	Davis, Susan [D]
Colorado
Not Voting	CO-1	DeGette, Diana [D]
Yea	CO-2	Polis, Jared [D]
Yea	CO-3	Tipton, Scott [R]
Yea	CO-4	Gardner, Cory [R]
Not Voting	CO-5	Lamborn, Doug [R]
Yea	CO-6	Coffman, Mike [R]
Yea	CO-7	Perlmutter, Ed [D]
Connecticut
Yea	CT-1	Larson, John [D]
Yea	CT-2	Courtney, Joe [D]
Yea	CT-3	DeLauro, Rosa [D]
Yea	CT-4	Himes, James [D]
Yea	CT-5	Murphy, Christopher [D]
Delaware
Yea	DE-0	Carney, John [D]
Florida
Yea	FL-1	Miller, Jeff [R]
Yea	FL-2	Southerland, Steve [R]
Yea	FL-3	Brown, Corrine [D]
Yea	FL-4	Crenshaw, Ander [R]
Yea	FL-5	Nugent, Richard [R]
Yea	FL-6	Stearns, Clifford [R]
Yea	FL-7	Mica, John [R]
Yea	FL-8	Webster, Daniel [R]
Yea	FL-9	Bilirakis, Gus [R]
Not Voting	FL-10	Young, C. W. [R]
Not Voting	FL-11	Castor, Kathy [D]
Yea	FL-12	Ross, Dennis [R]
Yea	FL-13	Buchanan, Vern [R]
Yea	FL-14	Mack, Connie [R]
Yea	FL-15	Posey, Bill [R]
Yea	FL-16	Rooney, Thomas [R]
Yea	FL-17	Wilson, Frederica [D]
Yea	FL-18	Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
Yea	FL-19	Deutch, Ted [D]
Yea	FL-20	Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D]
Yea	FL-21	Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
Yea	FL-22	West, Allen [R]
Yea	FL-23	Hastings, Alcee [D]
Yea	FL-24	Adams, Sandy [R]
Yea	FL-25	Rivera, David [R]
Georgia
Not Voting	GA-1	Kingston, Jack [R]
Yea	GA-2	Bishop, Sanford [D]
Yea	GA-3	Westmoreland, Lynn [R]
Yea	GA-4	Johnson, Henry [D]
Yea	GA-5	Lewis, John [D]
Not Voting	GA-6	Price, Tom [R]
Yea	GA-7	Woodall, Rob [R]
Yea	GA-8	Scott, Austin [R]
Yea	GA-9	Graves, Tom [R]
Nay	GA-10	Broun, Paul [R]
Yea	GA-11	Gingrey, John [R]
Yea	GA-12	Barrow, John [D]
Yea	GA-13	Scott, David [D]
Hawaii
Yea	HI-1	Hanabusa, Colleen [D]
Yea	HI-2	Hirono, Mazie [D]
Idaho
Yea	ID-1	Labrador, Raúl [R]
Yea	ID-2	Simpson, Michael [R]
Illinois
Not Voting	IL-1	Rush, Bobby [D]
Yea	IL-2	Jackson, Jesse [D]
Yea	IL-3	Lipinski, Daniel [D]
Not Voting	IL-4	Gutierrez, Luis [D]
Yea	IL-5	Quigley, Mike [D]
Yea	IL-6	Roskam, Peter [R]
Yea	IL-7	Davis, Danny [D]
Yea	IL-8	Walsh, Joe [R]
Yea	IL-9	Schakowsky, Janice [D]
Yea	IL-10	Dold, Bob [R]
Yea	IL-11	Kinzinger, Adam [R]
Yea	IL-12	Costello, Jerry [D]
Yea	IL-13	Biggert, Judy [R]
Yea	IL-14	Hultgren, Randy [R]
Yea	IL-15	Johnson, Timothy [R]
Yea	IL-16	Manzullo, Donald [R]
Yea	IL-17	Schilling, Robert [R]
Yea	IL-18	Schock, Aaron [R]
Yea	IL-19	Shimkus, John [R]
Indiana
Yea	IN-1	Visclosky, Peter [D]
Yea	IN-2	Donnelly, Joe [D]
Yea	IN-3	Stutzman, Marlin [R]
Yea	IN-4	Rokita, Todd [R]
Yea	IN-5	Burton, Dan [R]
Yea	IN-6	Pence, Mike [R]
Yea	IN-7	Carson, André [D]
Yea	IN-8	Bucshon, Larry [R]
Yea	IN-9	Young, Todd [R]
Iowa
Yea	IA-1	Braley, Bruce [D]
Yea	IA-2	Loebsack, David [D]
Yea	IA-3	Boswell, Leonard [D]
Yea	IA-4	Latham, Thomas [R]
Yea	IA-5	King, Steve [R]
Kansas
Yea	KS-1	Huelskamp, Tim [R]
Yea	KS-2	Jenkins, Lynn [R]
Yea	KS-3	Yoder, Kevin [R]
Yea	KS-4	Pompeo, Mike [R]
Kentucky
Yea	KY-1	Whitfield, Edward [R]
Yea	KY-2	Guthrie, Brett [R]
Yea	KY-3	Yarmuth, John [D]
Yea	KY-4	Davis, Geoff [R]
Yea	KY-5	Rogers, Harold [R]
Yea	KY-6	Chandler, Ben [D]
Louisiana
Yea	LA-1	Scalise, Steve [R]
Yea	LA-2	Richmond, Cedric [D]
Yea	LA-3	Landry, Jeff [R]
Yea	LA-4	Fleming, John [R]
Yea	LA-5	Alexander, Rodney [R]
Yea	LA-6	Cassidy, Bill [R]
Yea	LA-7	Boustany, Charles [R]
Maine
Yea	ME-1	Pingree, Chellie [D]
Yea	ME-2	Michaud, Michael [D]
Maryland
Yea	MD-1	Harris, Andy [R]
Yea	MD-2	Ruppersberger, C.A. [D]
Yea	MD-3	Sarbanes, John [D]
Not Voting	MD-4	Edwards, Donna [D]
Yea	MD-5	Hoyer, Steny [D]
Yea	MD-6	Bartlett, Roscoe [R]
Yea	MD-7	Cummings, Elijah [D]
Yea	MD-8	Van Hollen, Christopher [D]
Massachusetts
Yea	MA-1	Olver, John [D]
Yea	MA-2	Neal, Richard [D]
Yea	MA-3	McGovern, James [D]
Yea	MA-4	Frank, Barney [D]
Yea	MA-5	Tsongas, Niki [D]
Yea	MA-6	Tierney, John [D]
Yea	MA-7	Markey, Edward [D]
Yea	MA-8	Capuano, Michael [D]
Yea	MA-9	Lynch, Stephen [D]
Yea	MA-10	Keating, William [D]
Michigan
Yea	MI-1	Benishek, Dan [R]
Yea	MI-2	Huizenga, Bill [R]
Nay	MI-3	Amash, Justin [R]
Yea	MI-4	Camp, David [R]
Yea	MI-5	Kildee, Dale [D]
Yea	MI-6	Upton, Frederick [R]
Not Voting	MI-7	Walberg, Timothy [R]
Yea	MI-8	Rogers, Michael [R]
Yea	MI-9	Peters, Gary [D]
Yea	MI-10	Miller, Candice [R]
Yea	MI-11	McCotter, Thaddeus [R]
Yea	MI-12	Levin, Sander [D]
Yea	MI-13	Clarke, Hansen [D]
Yea	MI-14	Conyers, John [D]
Yea	MI-15	Dingell, John [D]
Minnesota
Yea	MN-1	Walz, Timothy [D]
Yea	MN-2	Kline, John [R]
Yea	MN-3	Paulsen, Erik [R]
Yea	MN-4	McCollum, Betty [D]
Yea	MN-5	Ellison, Keith [D]
Yea	MN-6	Bachmann, Michele [R]
Yea	MN-7	Peterson, Collin [D]
Yea	MN-8	Cravaack, Chip [R]
Mississippi
Yea	MS-1	Nunnelee, Alan [R]
Yea	MS-2	Thompson, Bennie [D]
Yea	MS-3	Harper, Gregg [R]
Yea	MS-4	Palazzo, Steven [R]
Missouri
Yea	MO-1	Clay, William [D]
Yea	MO-2	Akin, W. [R]
Not Voting	MO-3	Carnahan, Russ [D]
Yea	MO-4	Hartzler, Vicky [R]
Yea	MO-5	Cleaver, Emanuel [D]
Yea	MO-6	Graves, Samuel [R]
Yea	MO-7	Long, Billy [R]
Yea	MO-8	Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Yea	MO-9	Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R]
Montana
Yea	MT-0	Rehberg, Dennis [R]
Nebraska
Yea	NE-1	Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R]
Yea	NE-2	Terry, Lee [R]
Yea	NE-3	Smith, Adrian [R]
Nevada
Yea	NV-1	Berkley, Shelley [D]
Yea	NV-2	Heller, Dean [R]
Yea	NV-3	Heck, Joe [R]
New Hampshire
Yea	NH-1	Guinta, Frank [R]
Yea	NH-2	Bass, Charles [R]
New Jersey
Yea	NJ-1	Andrews, Robert [D]
Yea	NJ-2	LoBiondo, Frank [R]
Yea	NJ-3	Runyan, Jon [R]
Yea	NJ-4	Smith, Christopher [R]
Yea	NJ-5	Garrett, Scott [R]
Yea	NJ-6	Pallone, Frank [D]
Yea	NJ-7	Lance, Leonard [R]
Yea	NJ-8	Pascrell, William [D]
Yea	NJ-9	Rothman, Steven [D]
Not Voting	NJ-10	Payne, Donald [D]
Yea	NJ-11	Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
Yea	NJ-12	Holt, Rush [D]
Yea	NJ-13	Sires, Albio [D]
New Mexico
Yea	NM-1	Heinrich, Martin [D]
Yea	NM-2	Pearce, Steven [R]
Yea	NM-3	Lujan, Ben [D]
New York
Yea	NY-1	Bishop, Timothy [D]
Yea	NY-2	Israel, Steve [D]
Yea	NY-3	King, Peter [R]
Yea	NY-4	McCarthy, Carolyn [D]
Yea	NY-5	Ackerman, Gary [D]
Not Voting	NY-6	Meeks, Gregory [D]
Yea	NY-7	Crowley, Joseph [D]
Yea	NY-8	Nadler, Jerrold [D]
Yea	NY-9	Weiner, Anthony [D]
Not Voting	NY-10	Towns, Edolphus [D]
Yea	NY-11	Clarke, Yvette [D]
Yea	NY-12	Velazquez, Nydia [D]
Yea	NY-13	Grimm, Michael [R]
Yea	NY-14	Maloney, Carolyn [D]
Yea	NY-15	Rangel, Charles [D]
Yea	NY-16	Serrano, José [D]
Yea	NY-17	Engel, Eliot [D]
Yea	NY-18	Lowey, Nita [D]
Yea	NY-19	Hayworth, Nan [R]
Yea	NY-20	Gibson, Chris [R]
Yea	NY-21	Tonko, Paul [D]
Not Voting	NY-22	Hinchey, Maurice [D]
Yea	NY-23	Owens, William [D]
Not Voting	NY-24	Hanna, Richard [R]
Yea	NY-25	Buerkle, Ann Marie [R]
Yea	NY-27	Higgins, Brian [D]
Yea	NY-28	Slaughter, Louise [D]
Yea	NY-29	Reed, Tom [R]
North Carolina
Yea	NC-1	Butterfield, George [D]
Yea	NC-2	Ellmers, Renee [R]
Not Voting	NC-3	Jones, Walter [R]
Yea	NC-4	Price, David [D]
Yea	NC-5	Foxx, Virginia [R]
Yea	NC-6	Coble, Howard [R]
Yea	NC-7	McIntyre, Mike [D]
Yea	NC-8	Kissell, Larry [D]
Yea	NC-9	Myrick, Sue [R]
Yea	NC-10	McHenry, Patrick [R]
Not Voting	NC-11	Shuler, Heath [D]
Yea	NC-12	Watt, Melvin [D]
Yea	NC-13	Miller, R. [D]
North Dakota
Yea	ND-0	Berg, Rick [R]
Ohio
Yea	OH-1	Chabot, Steven [R]
Yea	OH-2	Schmidt, Jean [R]
Yea	OH-3	Turner, Michael [R]
Not Voting	OH-4	Jordan, Jim [R]
Yea	OH-5	Latta, Robert [R]
Yea	OH-6	Johnson, Bill [R]
Yea	OH-7	Austria, Steve [R]
Yea	OH-9	Kaptur, Marcy [D]
Yea	OH-10	Kucinich, Dennis [D]
Yea	OH-11	Fudge, Marcia [D]
Not Voting	OH-12	Tiberi, Patrick [R]
Yea	OH-13	Sutton, Betty [D]
Not Voting	OH-14	LaTourette, Steven [R]
Yea	OH-15	Stivers, Steve [R]
Yea	OH-16	Renacci, Jim [R]
Yea	OH-17	Ryan, Timothy [D]
Yea	OH-18	Gibbs, Bob [R]
Oklahoma
Yea	OK-1	Sullivan, John [R]
Yea	OK-2	Boren, Dan [D]
Yea	OK-3	Lucas, Frank [R]
Yea	OK-4	Cole, Tom [R]
Yea	OK-5	Lankford, James [R]
Oregon
Not Voting	OR-1	Wu, David [D]
Yea	OR-2	Walden, Greg [R]
Yea	OR-3	Blumenauer, Earl [D]
Yea	OR-4	DeFazio, Peter [D]
Yea	OR-5	Schrader, Kurt [D]
Pennsylvania
Yea	PA-1	Brady, Robert [D]
Yea	PA-2	Fattah, Chaka [D]
Yea	PA-3	Kelly, Mike [R]
Yea	PA-4	Altmire, Jason [D]
Yea	PA-5	Thompson, Glenn [R]
Yea	PA-6	Gerlach, Jim [R]
Yea	PA-7	Meehan, Patrick [R]
Yea	PA-8	Fitzpatrick, Michael [R]
Yea	PA-9	Shuster, William [R]
Yea	PA-10	Marino, Thomas [R]
Yea	PA-11	Barletta, Lou [R]
Yea	PA-12	Critz, Mark [D]
Yea	PA-13	Schwartz, Allyson [D]
Yea	PA-14	Doyle, Michael [D]
Yea	PA-15	Dent, Charles [R]
Yea	PA-16	Pitts, Joseph [R]
Not Voting	PA-17	Holden, Tim [D]
Yea	PA-18	Murphy, Tim [R]
Yea	PA-19	Platts, Todd [R]
Rhode Island
Yea	RI-1	Cicilline, David [D]
Yea	RI-2	Langevin, James [D]
South Carolina
Yea	SC-1	Scott, Tim [R]
Yea	SC-2	Wilson, Addison [R]
Yea	SC-3	Duncan, Jeff [R]
Yea	SC-4	Gowdy, Trey [R]
Yea	SC-5	Mulvaney, Mick [R]
Yea	SC-6	Clyburn, James [D]
South Dakota
Yea	SD-0	Noem, Kristi [R]
Tennessee
Yea	TN-1	Roe, Phil [R]
Yea	TN-2	Duncan, John [R]
Yea	TN-3	Fleischmann, Chuck [R]
Yea	TN-4	DesJarlais, Scott [R]
Yea	TN-5	Cooper, Jim [D]
Yea	TN-6	Black, Diane [R]
Yea	TN-7	Blackburn, Marsha [R]
Yea	TN-8	Fincher, Stephen [R]
Yea	TN-9	Cohen, Steve [D]
Texas
Yea	TX-1	Gohmert, Louis [R]
Yea	TX-2	Poe, Ted [R]
Yea	TX-3	Johnson, Samuel [R]
Yea	TX-4	Hall, Ralph [R]
Yea	TX-5	Hensarling, Jeb [R]
Yea	TX-6	Barton, Joe [R]
Yea	TX-7	Culberson, John [R]
Yea	TX-8	Brady, Kevin [R]
Yea	TX-9	Green, Al [D]
Yea	TX-10	McCaul, Michael [R]
Yea	TX-11	Conaway, K. [R]
Yea	TX-12	Granger, Kay [R]
Yea	TX-13	Thornberry, William [R]
Nay	TX-14	Paul, Ronald [R]
Not Voting	TX-15	Hinojosa, Rubén [D]
Yea	TX-16	Reyes, Silvestre [D]
Yea	TX-17	Flores, Bill [R]
Yea	TX-18	Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]
Yea	TX-19	Neugebauer, Randy [R]
Yea	TX-20	Gonzalez, Charles [D]
Yea	TX-21	Smith, Lamar [R]
Yea	TX-22	Olson, Pete [R]
Yea	TX-23	Canseco, Francisco [R]
Not Voting	TX-24	Marchant, Kenny [R]
Yea	TX-25	Doggett, Lloyd [D]
Yea	TX-26	Burgess, Michael [R]
Not Voting	TX-27	Farenthold, Blake [R]
Yea	TX-28	Cuellar, Henry [D]
Yea	TX-29	Green, Raymond [D]
Yea	TX-30	Johnson, Eddie [D]
Yea	TX-31	Carter, John [R]
Yea	TX-32	Sessions, Peter [R]
Utah
Yea	UT-1	Bishop, Rob [R]
Yea	UT-2	Matheson, Jim [D]
Yea	UT-3	Chaffetz, Jason [R]
Vermont
Yea	VT-0	Welch, Peter [D]
Virginia
Yea	VA-1	Wittman, Rob [R]
Yea	VA-2	Rigell, E. [R]
Yea	VA-3	Scott, Robert [D]
Not Voting	VA-4	Forbes, J. [R]
Yea	VA-5	Hurt, Robert [R]
Yea	VA-6	Goodlatte, Robert [R]
Yea	VA-7	Cantor, Eric [R]
Yea	VA-8	Moran, James [D]
Yea	VA-9	Griffith, H. [R]
Yea	VA-10	Wolf, Frank [R]
Yea	VA-11	Connolly, Gerald [D]
Washington
Yea	WA-1	Inslee, Jay [D]
Yea	WA-2	Larsen, Rick [D]
Yea	WA-3	Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R]
Yea	WA-4	Hastings, Doc [R]
Yea	WA-5	McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R]
Yea	WA-6	Dicks, Norman [D]
Yea	WA-7	McDermott, James [D]
Yea	WA-8	Reichert, Dave [R]
Not Voting	WA-9	Smith, Adam [D]
West Virginia
Yea	WV-1	McKinley, David [R]
Yea	WV-2	Capito, Shelley [R]
Yea	WV-3	Rahall, Nick [D]
Wisconsin
Yea	WI-1	Ryan, Paul [R]
Yea	WI-2	Baldwin, Tammy [D]
Yea	WI-3	Kind, Ronald [D]
Yea	WI-4	Moore, Gwen [D]
Yea	WI-5	Sensenbrenner, F. [R]
Yea	WI-6	Petri, Thomas [R]
Yea	WI-7	Duffy, Sean [R]
Yea	WI-8	Ribble, Reid [R]
Wyoming
Yea	WY-0	Lummis, Cynthia [R]

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Breaking: Virgin Islands GOP Removes Popular Vote to deny Ron Paul his win

It was just a mere two weeks ago when the Dele-gate scandal broke in Michigan.  The two at-large delegates were awarded to Mitt Romney because the Michigan GOP stated he won the popular vote.  (see Mitt Romney's DELE-Gate problem. Did he really win Michigan?)

Now we have received word that Ron Paul who won the popular vote in the Virgin Islands did not receive the most delegates.  The delegates have gone to Mitt Romney.  It seems the rules change more so than the wind blows.  

Below is the news release that was issued:

Shortly after Ron Paul actually won the popular vote in the Virgin Islands, the VI GOP has now deleted their list of popular vote totals, which showed Ron Paul won as an attempt to squash his first caucus win in the Presidential election and give the win to Mitt Romney!

The Virgin Island GOP now claim that it was only "out of respect for Congressman Paul's campaign" that he received more votes (without actually mentioning that fact, and in a bizarrely-worded grammatically incorrect sentence).

If they all state there is no way Ron Paul will win the republican nomination, then why not allow him his due and show a win for his first caucus? Could it be that YES, Ron Paul can actually win and the GOP is scared to death?

Here is what they posted on the Virgin Islands GOP website :

PLEASE NOTE IN THE VI OUR RULES PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES IN A PARTY CAUCUS. EVERY ONE WHO VOTES CAN CHOOSE DELEGATES (UP TO SIX) WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE PLEDGED TO THE SAME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. SINCE GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY HAD ONLY THREE CONVENTION DELEGATES RUNNING UNDER HIS NAME THAT GAVE VOTERS A CHOICE TO VOTE FOR OTHER COMMITTED OR NON-COMMITTED CANDIDATES. IT APPEARS THAT OUT OF RESPECT FOR CONGRESSMAN PAUL’S CAMPAIGN THERE WERE EXTRA VOTES TO GIVE TO OTHER CANDIDATES OR NON-COMMITTED CANDIDATES.

ALTHOUGH DR. PAUL RECEIVED ONLY ONE DELEGATE, HIS TEAM RECEIVED UP TO THREE ALTERNATE DELEGATE SLOTS AND WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED IN OUR SMALL DELEGATION.

Link to VI GOP here :http://vigop.com/2012/03/vi-gop-2012-caucus-results-coming-soon/ 

Mitt Romney's DELE-Gate problem. Did he really win Michigan?

This Will Not Be Quietly Swept Under The Rug

By Kevin Rex Heine, RightMichigan.com
Last week, the Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco was a big deal. A whole bunch of media outlets, both in-state and nationally, had something to say about it. Tony Roza over at The Green Papers is also keeping track of this mess, though for now he has the official delegate count consistent with last week's backroom banditry. But funny things tend to happen over the weekend with media stories. If there isn't someone actually pushing the narrative, then the story tends to die off. And when someone who's actively involved in burying the truth is controlling the narrative . . . well, that's probably cause for concern.

Rather than address that map just above the fold, I'm going to start out by providing a sample of some of the media coverage generated by what we're now referring to as Michigan "Dele-Gate":

• Detroit News (February 29 and March 02)
• Detroit Free Press (March 01)
• San Jose Mercury News (March 01)
• Red State (March 01)
• Washington Post (March 01)
• The Hill (March 01)
• The Ticket via Yahoo! News (March 01)
• U. S. News (March 01)
• MSNBC (March 01)
• CNN Politics (March 01)
• FOX News (March 01, March 01, and March 03)
• Grand Rapids Press (March 02)
• Seattle Times (March 02)
• KSAZ FOX-10 Phoenix (March 02)
• The Weekly Standard (March 03)

Quite a bit of exposure, I think. But to look at the media coverage today, the only thing that we should be paying attention to is what's coming up today. We should note that Mitt's win in the non-binding Washington Caucus gives him badly needed momentum headed into Super Tuesday, where 10 states are on the line. We should pay attention to what the republican candidates' schedules are in states where they're trying to get out the vote. We should note that President Obama was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (because Barry's got Israel's back, don't you know). Oh, and the Boston Massacre happened today in history, 242 years ago.

But the backroom banditry pulled off by Bobby Schostak (who's praying we forget about this interview), Sharon Wise (who's on the Dave Camp payroll by virtue of running his constituent contact office in Traverse City), Bill Runco (who seems to have some interesting legal troubles and potential grudge issues), and Saul Anuzis (of whom a mere overview should suffice) to retroactively rewrite the delegate allocation rules, because they apparently didn't care for the result produced by the rules, and the beyond disingenuous hypocrisy that's been spun from MIGOP's headquarters to "explain" the reason for the change, including arranging for Matt Frendewey (MIGOP Director of Communications) to fall on his sword, about that . . . crickets are a-chirpin' . . . unless you're paying attention to Interlochen Public Radio or pro-lefty Electablog.
The way that the Romney supporters in Michigan would have us take it, this whole fuss-and-fluff over one measly delegate isn't worth the hassle. Looking at the map back up at the beginning of this article, the clear narrative is that Mittens is on a roll, and if he can do well through Super Tuesday, then all he needs to do is clear the field and we can crown him . . . so that we can get busy with the general campaign.
Except that this isn't over just one measly delegate. Consider this:

• Attempted precinct hijacking in Iowa
• Ignoring the delegate allocation rules in Florida
• Credible allegations of ballot box fraud in Nevada
• Attempted precinct hijacking in Maine
• Ignoring the delegate allocation rules in Arizona
• After-the-fact rewriting of the delegate allocation rules in Michigan
• Last-minute rewriting of the ballot access rules in Virginia (Oh, you didn't hear about that? Big stink in the Old Dominion.)

In each case, these shenanigans benefitted one candidate, and one candidate only . . . Willard Mitt Romney. Evidently, the establishment bluebloods are more than concerned that the coronation train for the heir-apparent is going to get derailed. That some Romney family members are now on the stump for Ron Paul probably isn't helping their indigestion any.

I've been hearing from a few MIGOP State Committee members that I'm connected to that some members of the MIGOP paid staff have spent some time on the party's dime last weekend contacting state committee members, district chairs, and county chairs. The intent, I'm told, is that state party is attempting to circle the wagons in order to protect Anuzis (who has to stand for re-election at the May state convention) and Schostak (who may face a no-confidence vote at the same convention). Hmm, methinks they're just a tad worried.

I think that we would do ourselves well to start calling our way through the 2011 Michigan Republican Party Directory (party officers start on page 3, state committee members start on page 10, and county chairs start on page 25) and make sure that they hear loud and clear our opinions about this mess, and that it the delegate allocation decision ought to be revisited.
Hell, I think that might even be worth setting up our own robo-call (here, here, or maybe here).

more at http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/3/5/23230/81239