One of the states that’s being ignored this election cycle in Wyoming. Wyoming usually awarded its delegates after the primary in New Hampshire but the state moved it up this time around hoping that it would get more attention. Sadly not so. As Ed Morrissey explains, the state lost half its delegates as a punishment (quite ridiculous in my humble opinion, but ok).
Anyway, delegates wise Wyoming isn’t worth significantly less than New Hampshire and, what’s more, a win is a win. And Wyoming had good news for Mitt Romney: he won 73% of the vote, and six of the first eight delegates to be selected. He was followed by Fred Thompson and… Duncan Hunter.
So what does Romney’s victory mean? Well, it means – first of all -that he won at least one state. He has won, no other candidate – except for Huckabee – can say the same. It’s not important, though, not because Wyoming is a little state (what about Iowa and NH? especially Iowa?) but simply because the media chose not to pay any attention to what’s going on in Wyoming. It’s once again a sign that American media play quite a big role in the nomination process.
But: congratulations to the Romney campaign and to his son Josh Romney – I believe that he campaigned quite hard in Wyoming, at least compared to the other candidates’ efforts.
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Romney won by a landslide in Wyoming. He was awarded the first delegates to the National Convention. He is the national front-runner. This is great for Romney. It is not a surprise that he won in Wyoming. Romney is popular in the western states and should do very well in most, if not all of them. Huckabee and McCain placed amongst last place in Wyoming.