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By Jon Ralston
UPDATE: Late yesterday, GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, trying to slow down any move to make the party irrelevant, worked with the RNC and released a statement designed to undercut the Clark County party’s call for Reince Priebus’ resignation and indicate to DC that he is willing to play ball:
“The Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus has the authority to take the necessary steps to support a candidate to ensure Republicans win the presidency in November. RNC Rule 11 applies to the RNC’s ability to make endorsements and spend resources in state races and may have been misinterpreted by some in Nevada in its application to the presidential election. Ron Paul’s campaign released a statement on May 5 providing Chairman Priebus and the RNC their “full consent” to move forward with setting up Victory organizations. Certainly we do not need to wait for Tampa before assisting our presumptive nominee. I look forward to working with Chairman Priebus and Republicans across the state of Nevada as we build a top-notch ground game to beat Barack Obama and elect Mitt Romney to the White House.”
In concert, Sean Spicer, the communications director of the RNC, told me: “The RNC continues to work with the state party.” …
RNC, Romney campaign will erect new organization to bypass state GOP [continued]
By Chris Anders, Washington Legislative Office at 11:26am
Thirty-six hours might not seem like much time. But we are hoping it will be just enough time for all Americans to convince our members of Congress that no president should have the authority to order the military to detain civilians without charge or trial in the United States, or put anyone in our country on trial in front of military commissions.
Using indefinite military detention of civilians here at home in the United States is unconstitutional and illegal and we do not believe it is permitted by last year’sNational Defense Authorization Act — but incredibly, some top members of Congress seem to think it is perfectly ok and allowed by the NDAA. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has kept himself busy in the Senate arguing that there is a war going on in your backyard and using the military to lock people up without charge or trial is a good idea. He has been more recently joined by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), who believes in indefinite military detention without charge or trial here at home.
But now is your chance to fight back. No one should be picked up far from a battlefield and locked away without charge or trial by the military, and certainly not here in the United States itself.
Tell Congress to Pass the Smith-Amash Amendment to the NDAA!
By Robin Koerner
Many of Ron Paul’s supporters are currently abuzz with a letter that was written by Jennifer Sheehan, the RNC’s legal council in 2008, which appears to state that no state delegate to the GOP convention is bound by his state to vote for a particular candidate. The excitement derives from the fact that if it were true, an outright Romney victory in the first round of voting at the convention in Tampa would be rather unlikely. But if it is not true — and I am sure the GOP will change rules if necessary to make it untrue — there may be just as much excitement to be had in the possibility of something that is rather more in the control of Paul’s supporters.
It’s the big “What if?” question that the letter begs but that few have asked.
What if Paul’s supporters just ignore the binding rules and vote their consciences? What if, in Tampa, all those Paul supporters who are bound by state rules to vote for Romney put the ball firmly back in the GOP’s court, and say, “Your move”?
One’s first reaction might be to point out that if that were possible, it would have happened before.
But that would be a mistake. The GOP is now in uncharted territory…
It’s Romney’s to Lose: Here’s How He Does It [continued]
Transcript
JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s announcement that he is suspending his campaign for president.
Paul’s camp says that it will not spend any more money in Republican primaries, but will continue to try to amass delegates to the Republican National Convention through district and state party conventions.
In a memo, chief strategist Jesse Benton said Paul won’t quit, even while acknowledging Mitt Romney’s certain nomination. He wrote, “Our delegates can still make a major impact at the national convention and beyond.”
But many of Paul’s active grassroots supporters apparently aren’t happy, insisting he has a chance still to grab the nomination.
Well, to help us sort all this out, we are joined by Jon Ralston, political columnist with The Las Vegas Sun. And Brian Doherty, he’s an editor at the libertarian-leaning magazine “Reason.” He is the author of the new book “Ron Paul’s Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired.”
Gentlemen, thank you both for being with us.
Jon Ralston, to you first.
By KIRA ZALAN
If T-shirt sales decided presidential elections, Ron Paul would beat out both President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, according to merchandise company CafePress.
The online retailer has a meter that tracks political merchandise sales, 46 percent of which so far have been pro-Ron Paul. But with 39 percent, Obama is not far behind the Texas congressman, especially compared to Romney’s third place with just 15 percent in sales.
Ron Paul Wins the T-Shirt Vote [continued]
