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Romney Wins Caucuses in Wyoming, Virgin Islands, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

Romney Wins Wyoming Caucuses, Virgin Islands, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

(AP) — Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential delegate vote at Wyoming’s county conventions. That adds to his advantage in the party’s race for the nomination.

Earlier Saturday, Rick Santorum won the GOP caucuses in Kansas.

In Wyoming, Romney won six delegates. Santorum gained three and Ron Paul one. Another remains uncommitted, and one more is still to be decided.

Earlier Saturday, Romney further padded his delegate lead by winning all nine delegates on the island of Guam and nine delegates in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Tuesday’s upcoming primaries in Alabama and Mississippi now loom as critical. Polls show a close race in both states, particularly Alabama.

The Republican Party chairman in the U.S. Virgin Islands says Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has also won the territory’s GOP caucus.

Chairman Herb Schoenbaum says Romney can count on seven delegates from the Virgin Islands. He already had three superdelegates before Saturday’s caucuses and he picked up three more in voting in St. Thomas and St. Croix. After the vote, an uncommitted delegate switched to Romney.

Ron Paul got one delegate, and one delegate remains uncommitted.

Residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands can participate in primaries but like residents of nearby Puerto Rico cannot vote in the general election.

Comments (45)

  • JeffTPitts
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:21pm

    Romney didn’t win the Virgin Islands, Ron Paul did. Just another form of misinformation. http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-washington-dc/ron-paul-gets-first-win-virgin-islands-but-all-news-agencies-report-romney

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  • Veteran2012
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 4:39pm

    Ron Paul 2012 – restore America, support civil liberties and the core values this country was founded on.

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  • Ron Citizen
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 2:32pm

    Mitt Romney – The Candidate To Unite Republicans and America

    Mitt Romney is uniting the republican electorate, restoring a sense of patriotism in America and taking our message of change to Washington that represents the mind and will of “We The People”.

    The Republican party and America needs a proven leader like Mitt Romney who will defend our rights , our values, our freedoms, our country and inspire Americans to “Believe In America”.

    Mitt Romney lead the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and has once again in 2012 demonstrated the same leadership on the campaign trail ready to lead the Republican party to victory.

    It is now time for Republicans, the tea party folks, libertarians, conservative media and all Americans to rally behind Mitt Romney and stand united ready to defeat Pres. Obama in the November general election.

    United We Stand!

    “We The People” video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=JVAhr4hZDJE&vq=medium#t=19

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  • Tigress1
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 11:13am

    Romney is the only candidate who has the self-discipline and organizational skills to beat Obama. Romney has PLANNED his campaign and paid attention to all the details (like Guam and the Marianna Islands) that the other candidates either didn’t know about, simply glossed over, couldn’t be bothered by, didn’t feel were important enough, or simply couldn’t handle. Romney understands that he has to WORK to get the job of President – nobody is simply going to GIVE it to him. He knows he is not going to be “crowned President” like the Democrats did Obama. Where did he get this understanding? Answer: From the REAL world, the business world where there is competition for jobs, where people have to be interviewed, provide resumes, etc.. Speaking of which, it seems that there is a 5 year gap in Santorum’s resume. What has he done since 2007 when he lost his Senate seat? I see that he was elected by his peers as “Senate Republican Conference Chairman”on his website. Is that a full-time job? What were the job responsibilities?

    Ahhh! Here’s a little info. on the “Senate Republican Conference Chairman.” To me it sounds like Santorum was a glorified luncheon chairman for the REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Conference_of_the_United_States_Senate

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  • shustring
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 8:15am

    why why why ???? what is wrong with people ???
    HE IS A PROGRESSIVE JUST LIKE OBAMA !!!

    Romneycare = Obamacare and I dont care to hear how it was a “good thing” before the
    liberals got their changes in. The fact is, HE OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE LIBERALS
    TO START WITH.

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  • Daddymac10
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 6:17am

    I’m not a Romney supporter, but it‘s inevitable he will win the nomination because the math don’t add up for the rest. I was hoping Santorum take it but now it’s almost impossible for him to win. For the sake of defeating Obama this race need to end as soon as possible. Because the more time we have to save money & vet Obama the better our chances will be. Only possible way for me to support a presidential moderate is for a Tea Party VP to be on the ticket. GOP must earn my support..

    Romney / Bachmann 2012

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  • The_Constitutionalist
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:27am

    Ron Paul won the virgin Islands.

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  • The_Constitutionalist
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:24am

    Hanaha, it seems like TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12 has nothing better else to do than troll every Blaze article with anti-Ron Paul nonsense. Seriously, dude. It’s getting old. Go get a job.

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  • Altimit
    Posted on March 11, 2012 at 3:19am

    Ron Paul won the virgin islands, way to go on failing to look at the data before writing up your report. Ron Paul 29% , Mitt Romney 26% .

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  • SychinLegacy
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:35pm

    And history repeats itself yet again.

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  • resme
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:31pm

    Iran has a wonderful social conservative state.

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  • grand slam grandam
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:42pm

    Romney/ Rubio 2012 !!!!!

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:40pm

    All we need is the SENATE!!! If we don’t get a majority in the SENATE then nothing will get done…well with the exception of what Romney will do with regard to Obamas EOs, issuing his EOs, Regs etc etc…He too can muck it up without a majority in the SENATE!

    A rino president will pass bills submitted by a rep house and a rep senate. The Senate is the key to the whole enchilada.

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  • Chuck Stein
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:02pm

    “winning all nine delegates on the island of Guam and nine delegates in the Northern Mariana Islands.” How is that? Not the “winning” part. Fine, whatever. Not that they are territories that don’t vote in the general election — they are still Americans, so why not let them have delegates? But 9? Nine EACH? Massachusetts has 41, as I recall. The Marianas (Guam is the southernmost of the Marianas) get 18 delegates — about half of the Bay State. What kind of math are they using? This is a real question, not directed against any candidate. Why so many delegates?

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:10pm

      Not a bad question. The Mariana Islands have about 54,000 people, Guam has about 180,000. There’s 18 delegates between them. Massachusetts has 6.5 million people and just 41 delegates. Something doesn’t look right.

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    • Holaamerica
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:41pm

      Hey Chuck hope you caught my apology on the other storys blog. Either way Mitt got almost as many delegates as Santorum tonight and it will be the same story tuesday. After that is all Romney country really and Santorum needs to realize that if he as any hope of a cabinet position he needs think long and hard. Newt is an old Walrus who I really do expect to go with Paul all the way to Tampa. But the bottom line is that we need to unite and focus on this weak sauce president who can be beaten if we get our acts together.

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    • idarusskie
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:56pm

      Guam and the Marianas are two different countries if you will. The native populations were replaced during the Spanish rule because if die off. It about who fought with the Japanese and who did not.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 9:32pm

      @ HolaAmerica
      We’re cool. Sorry I took offense as I did.

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  • NeoMouser
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:59pm

    island of Guam and nine delegates in the Northern Mariana Islands.??
    when did they get delegates? and why, they arent states.
    yea i know
    im a moron for not knowing this but highschool owas 20+ years ago

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:52pm

    I predict that Glenn Beck will be a Romney fan reall soon.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:56pm

      Me first.I am on the band wagon. Go Romney.

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    • Todd P
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:07pm

      Yeah, I saw this a long time ago. Pretty soon Glenn and Sarah will catch on too. It will be interesting to see how they backtrack on Mitt.

      ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012

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    • READRIGHTHERE
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:15pm

      Glenn will throw his support behind Obama‘s opponent but I don’t think he‘ll be singing praises as much as he will be attempting to drill into Romney’s head the importance of rooting out Progressives and their ideology from his administration. Beck will likely never let him rest.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:32pm

      Mathematically, yes Romney wins…the others should sit down or go after Obama rather than eat each other to death.

      Last go, Romney stopped running when the numbers were stacked against him.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 4:09am

      Go Romney. Replace Socialism with Fascism (aka Nationalist Corporatism) and cure all our problems! The trains will run on time! Mussolini 2012! Er…. I mean, Romney.

      Used to be a time when the GOP voted on principle instead of “the guy who (supposedly) can win”. The GOP deserves to die. It must die. And I will feel zero regret for voting third party or write-in and seeing Obama (who is JUST AS BAD as Romney) win in November. I’d much rather four years of guaranteed Big Government than eight.

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  • Eugene1
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:27pm

    The Mitt train has departed the station and is starting to roll. Santorum and Gingrich are now simply road bumps that diminish with time and Paul is the squeaky wheel that never goes away even with grease. Soon you have to simply ignore the squeak and get on with life.

    Romney 2012!

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    • Todd P
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:06pm

      Roflmao!!! This is hysterical! It’s also true.

      Happy Birthday Mitt!

      ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012

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  • mikee1
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:24pm

    So does the whole world get to VOTE FOR RINOROMNEY, NOT JUST THE AMERICAN DUMMYCRAPS IN OPEN PRIMARIES?

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:36pm

      It is time to put the brakes on and get behind the dog who won…Obama Must Go…seriously

      If you have a rep house and a rep senate then Romney can’t deny a bill submitted…understand?

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    • Holaamerica
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:45pm

      Amen Sami Romney may be a late evolving conservative but so was Reagan and if we have majorities they will keep MItt as conservative as we want him to be. Its time to Unite and beat the worst president since Carter!!!

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:12am

      “Romney may be a late evolving conservative but so was Reagan”

      Romney is a mild fascist. Obama is a mild socialist. Both want to control your life – just make you do slightly different things. You quite literally are advocating voting for the lesser of two evils between “nice guy” versions of Lenin and Mussolini.

      Romney is no “late evolving conservative”. Reagan had a change of heart during Eisenhower’s time in office – a quarter of a century before his election, with major Republican activism in between (speaking on behalf of Goldwater, etc.) Romney, on the other hand, was a “progressive” (in his OWN WORDS) as late as ten years ago, and all of his position changes are not out of a sincere change of mind but all mysteriously occurred without fanfare in 2007 as the last election cycle was starting up and he was running for President the first time….

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  • martinez012577
    Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:21pm

    Romney needs another thread on this website.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:58pm

      Seems Romney is winning the hearts and minds of many Americans. Ron Paul is winning the hearts and minds of Islam. When Paul wins something besides Islamic followers and rubes… he’ll probably get a thread on The Blaze. Heh-heh-heh.

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    • Todd P
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:10pm

      I notice Fox and Blaze are both cheering for Santorum, with only just now a mention of Romney’s multiple victories today. Since he will soon be the nominee, you would think they would be a little more fair to him.

      BTW: Ron Paul does have 1 voting block that he shares with Obama: Pot Smokers!

      ROMNEY / RUBIO 2012

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:30pm

      TODD P. That one issue (legalizing of drugs) has caused many of today’s liberally schooled youngsters to school themselves on the Ron Paul talking points. Many of whom are here on The Blaze. Some will do ANYTHING to rationalize the use of drugs and promote the legalization of it. If it takes them holding their nose and sounding like an ardent Paul supporter writing about this and that for Paul and bashing social Conservatives (which they enjoy anyways)? Well so be it… they are dedicated lot. Lol.

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 10, 2012 at 9:20pm

      LOL. Well not going to bother with Times comment since he doesnt do any research or click links so he is a lost cause. I will try it out with you Todd.

      @ Todd

      You do realize, Ron Paul doesnt legalize anything with his stance on drugs right? He ends the federal war on drugs that has cost American tax payers over a trillion dollars and last I check there were still alot of drugs running around. All Ron Paul’s idea does is allow states to decide which drugs are legal. Would pot be legalized by some states? Yes. Would black tar heroin? Doubt it.

      If the federal war on drugs ended and your state legalized black tar heroin, are you going to run out and start shooting up?

      Last point is really the war has failed. There are tons of drugs in the United States. Our prisons are full, and we are broke. Quit spending federal dollars on it and tax it.

      For the record, I have never done any drugs before you launch into your typical uninformed rant about me being some pothead.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 5:19am

      “That one issue (legalizing of drugs) has caused many of today’s liberally schooled youngsters to school themselves on the Ron Paul talking points.”

      Your arrogance and stupidity are astounding. I am not a liberal – I am a conservative. I held my nose and voted for McCain the RINO in 2008 – the only decision I have ended up regretting. I will not make the same mistake again.

      I grew up as a conservative in a conservative home. I grew up being told about personal responsibility. Why does that not apply to drugs? I grew up hearing about individual rights to life and liberty – why does that not apply?

      I don’t support Paul just because he wants to end the failed War on Drugs – in fact, that was something I had to be convinced of. I support him because he doesn’t want to send my brother in the military to die in a foreign country for a failed and foolish mission. I support him because he wants to eliminate the enslavement legitimized as “income tax”. Because he is the only one that stood up in the Bush years for fiscal conservatism. I support him because he is the only one talking about the FED destroying the dollar. I support him because he isn’t another Big Government RINO chosen because the establishment thinks he can win and go along with their progressive agenda. I support him because he is the ONLY true Constitutional conservative in the race today – the other guys are liars, cheats, and thieves masquerading as “conservatives”, just like you TIM

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 11, 2012 at 9:04am

      LIBERTARIANRIGHT. If your scren name describes your ideology and politics you’re no Conservative… at least at present.

      For a conservative, there can never be a libertarian option because the conservative understands the social contract. He learned this in fourth grade when he figured out his obnoxious behavior annoys others, and if he shoots off his mouth, he might get beaten up.

      The conservative understands the relationship between rights and responsibility, liberty and license. He recognizes that individual behavior is not always a private matter. Sometimes it’s between you and society, you and your neighbor, you and the vulnerable. Sometimes your behavior is, in fact, somebody else’s business.

      The conservative understands that laws have the power to order behavior and encourage civilized society. The libertarian loses sleep, believing that legal restrictions and social norms exist just to oppress him. He could not be more wrong. No one is thinking of him at all.

      With all the libertarian emphasis on personal liberty, there is remarkably little attention paid to personal obligation. In fact, the notion of obligation itself is almost anathema: No one should be forced to do anything.

      Extreme libertarianism accepts virtually no exterior restraint on personal liberty, and too quickly demonizes persons and institutions without foundation. “There shalt be no law against me” is the libertarian commandment.

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