W.Va. GOP Convention: A Final Look

The Associated Press explores the pros and cons of last week's West Virginia Republican Party Convention.

Besides the obvious coup of attracting three of the four remaining candidates, the wisdom in not waiting until the May 13 primary was reaffirmed when Mitt Romney suspended his campaign Thursday.

But ill feelings persist over the deal-making that delivered Mike Huckabee the win in the second round of voting. Allegations of disenfranchisement remain as well.

"I hope it was an experiment and is not institutionalized," Bill Phillips, who helped run Romney's in-state campaign, told AP. "It does leave a lot of Republicans out of the process."