[muawiyah]

Romney only pulled about 10% of the vote in Virginia ~ due to the INCREDIBLE fall off in voters.

With no Conservative candidate(s) to vote for Virginia voters ~ both Democrats and Republicans ~ didn't bother to show up in the open state primary.

Romney cannot attract the party base ~ he should take the Virginia results as a reason to quit running. That's the best he can do on his own with no one else stirring the pot.

[Carthego delenda est]

“Romney cannot attract the party base ~ he should take the Virginia results as a reason to quit running.”

I like that. Why debate the exclusion of Newt or Rick when we really want Romney to quit?

[Utah Girl]

Perhaps if Newt could get his ducks in a row and get on the ballot in Virginia, he might have done better than 0%. Same with Santorum, he's botched five states results with his lack of organization. In Virginia he didn't get on the ballot. In Ohio, the Santorum campaign failed to submit the necessary paperwork to claim delegates for three important congressional districts. That debacle puts 18 delegates off limits to Santorum from Ohio. (Don't automatically assume I am a Mitt Romney voter either, I am still researching and trying to decide.)

[Mike Darancette]

I find your reasoning to be sound.