Why would anyone drop out early with the new Proportional Delegate scheme the GOP has in place this year? I don’t see anyone dropping out, except for maybe Perry, till after FL.
Message and delivery counts in South Carolina to stop Romney. Money is the key to getting out of South Carolina.
$350,000 blankets South Carolina. Florida takes $20 million in coverage to defend your self, or to get your message out. And look at the delegate count difference.
Newt just got one single injection of 25 million out of Las Vegas, and has to get into that already to rehabilitate himself after the Iowa bath Romney gave him.
No one seems to realize how much money Romney has.
Money drying up is the only reason.
That said, Newt will probably have a Superpac to keep him in the money game regardless of what happens in SC. I could also see some social conservative stepping up for Santorum.
You’re right though, this primary should continue. Mitt is a pathetically weak frontrunner.
The only reason I can think of anyway. . .