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Subject: Huckabee wins WV convention, thanks to McCain supporters for swinging to him over Romney. Imagine that.

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Date Posted: Tue, February 05, 2008 12:53:56

I love politics. I hope Romney spends every damn penny he has. For nothing.

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Republican Mike Huckabee scored the first Super Tuesday victory, winning all 18 delegates at stake in West Virginia -- partially with the help of Sen. John McCain's backers.

Mike Huckabee came from behind to win in the second round of voting at the West Virginia GOP convention.

The former Arkansas governor won with the support of 52 percent of the state's GOP convention delegates on the second round of balloting. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in second with 47 percent of the vote, and Sen. John McCain was backed by 1 percent of the delegates.

Romney was ahead in the first round of voting in Charleston but failed to get the majority needed to win.

It appeared as though supporters of McCain, who placed a distant third on the first ballot, moved over to Huckabee, helping him to carry the day.

Front-runners McCain and Romney, have engaged in some bitter exchanges over their conservative records in recent weeks. Watch how CNN analysts view the GOP race �

"This is raw politics as it's really practiced," CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider said. "The McCain supporters who were third in the first round decided to throw their weight behind Mike Huckabee in order to stop Mitt Romney from winning this convention. And look at that -- they did."

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Re: Huckaburger also wins Arkansas. It was expected that Huckaburger would pick off a few southern states. Huckaburger and McCain have been secretly working together all along. I wonder how much	Don't feel sorry for Romeny. Feel sorry for the country and the extra taxes you're about to pay	Tue, February 05, 2008 2:46:08
That is disrectful calling him that. You should know better than that. (NT) -- Chuck, Wed, February 06, 2008 11:21:58 Re: Sorry, Huck, I didn't mean to offend your sensibilities. But, seriously, someone needs to teach -- I'll try to be more respectful, Wed, February 06, 2008 12:23:23