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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By MAGGIE HABERMAN |
3/14/12 2:09 AM EDT
The AP:
Mitt Romney won the Republican caucus in American Samoa on Tuesday,
picking up all nine delegates.
About 70 Republicans in the U.S. territory located 2,300 miles south of
Hawaii met at Toa Bar & Grill to discuss the candidates and select delegates
for the Republican National Convention in August. At the end, the six
delegates chosen and the three superdelegates who will accompany them to the
convention all said they would support Romney.
"I believe Romney can fix the U.S. economy that extends to American
Samoa. He can turn this country around," said Falemao M. Pili, vice chairman
of the local GOP and a delegate.
Only registered Republicans could vote in the caucus, and that's why so
few attended. It's rare in American Samoa for anyone to officially register
as a Republican or Democrat because local elected officials don't run on
party lines.
Last weekend, Romney captured all 18 delegates at caucuses in two other
U.S. possessions in the Pacific - Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Like American Samoa, residents of those islands are U.S. citizens but are
not allowed to vote in presidential elections.
Rick Santorum's backers will point, understandably, to the small number of
voters who helped push another nine delegates Romney's way. But the game is
the game, and despite losing the momentum and narrative of the night, Romney
walked away with more delegates than his rivals after Tuesday - not by huge
amounts, but enough to increase his lead. |
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