All the media and guests just got kicked out of the room.
Daniello is right here asking “where is he, he is probably in there.” He is probably talking about McG.
So UI and Geek are our only moles on the inside right now. They will comment here. And you can follow their twitter feeds here:
UPDATE 12:08 We are back in the room. UI got yelled at for blogging during the closed caucus apparently. Here is where things stand. Daniello won all the caucuses from what I can gather. NCC, Kent, Wilmington and Sussex. I assume now we are going to get the speeches from Daniello and McGlinchey. Perhaps McG can still leverage a rule change out of his candidacy but now will be the time to do it.
I was outside during the closed caucus, and saw some McG delegates down there while the closed caucus was going on! I wonder how many delegates skipped out on the straw polls. And I wonder if we are heading to a surprise during the real vote. Probably not, but that would be a neat manuever to hide McG’s strength and then surprise the establishment. The best way to beat the establishment is to lull them to sleep.
12:20 MCGLINCHEY IS NOMINATED, HE SPEAKS, SAYS BASED ON THE STRAW POLL, HE IS ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING DANIELLO TO UNITE THE PARTY, AND HE WITHDRAWS HIS CANDIDACY. DANIELLO IS REELECTED BY ACCLAMATION. The rest of the party leadership is being reelected without challenge right now.
I hope an agreement was reached, like a rule change to prevent the state party organization from interfering in primaries. If not, what was the point of this candidacy? A lot of money was spent for signage for McG. Surely there was a plan for a deal. But hey, maybe not. We will find out. Selander is still pointing and laughing at me. I am starting to get subconscious.