The Rachel Maddow Show   |  July 06, 2012

Ron Paul not out until Nebraska sings

Rachel Maddow explains how, even though Mitt Romney's nomination by the Republican Party is considered a lock, Ron Paul still has a chance to qualify for nomination if he does well at the Nebraska Republican Convention next week.

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>>> true or false, mitt romney is the republican nominee for president? it's a done deal, according to republican party rules, there's no other candidate with enough delegates to be the nominee. mr. romney clinched the nomnation in may in the texas primary where he won more than 100 delegates so now he's the undisputed republican nominee for president in the 2012 election. is that true or is that false? false. remember congressman ron paul ? congressman paul has actively -- stopped actively campaigning for president, but his supporters have not actively supporting him, including fighting it out in the states to win for ron paul those states' dell dpts to the republican national convention in tampa where the nominee of the party gets chosen. ron paul has won a majority of delegates from maine, wisconsin, and louisiana. and according to rules, to be nominated, you only need to win five states. each candidate four nominations shall demonstrate the plurality of a delegate from each of the five or more states. ron paul has four states. he's only one away to be nominated at the convention. he could get the one more state a wike from tomorrow when the brafg brask state republican party holds its state convention to pick its delegates to go to the national convention in tampa . so here's the rub. even though mitt romney won the nebraska primary, ron paul delegates have proven themselves to be really good at taking over the state conventions and getting delegates. they say they're so worried about the prospect they told us today they're hiring extra security for their convention. quote, for the purposes of maintaining an orderly convention. so depending on what happens in nebraska next weekend, a week from tomorrow, hey, it's possible that ron paul is also going to be nominated at the convention in tampa . along with mitt romney , which means dueling speeches from both nominees, and votes and a floor fight and something really, really specific and rules based for those rules based ron paul delegates to do at the convention instead of just cheer for things related to the fed. yes, mitt romney is probably going to be the republican presidential nominee , but it is not a done deal. all eyes on nebraska next weekend. at