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Yours is one of the saner predictions on here. Like it or not the odds are very high that Romney is going to hit this number, especially with NY and CA still on the list. Utah and/or Oregon will put him over the top and he will end up as the candidate. Although it's fun to speculate and discuss about brokered conventions, 3rd party candidates getting into the race late, etc., the reality is that those things have an extremely slim chance of happening. I'm not saying that everyone here has to like a Romney candidacy, but you can't ignore the reality that he in all likelihood will get the needed number of candidates.

Please Stop!

I can't quit laughing!

Mitt Romney, needing 46% of the votes in the rest of the remaining Primaries, while still facing two conservatives, is somehow going to magically win that number of votes, even after he has only been able to break that % in extremely small states or protectorates where he has essentially been uncontested?

Futhermore, since a large portion of those voting for him are doing so under the mistaken perception that his is the most electable, you don't see that perception knocked to the ground in the minds of future primary voters after a string of defeats by both Santorum and Gingrich? You don't think that as the Primaries go forward, his "cloak" of invicibility isn't just showing more holes, but is in tatters?

Tell me you can't be that clueless, can you?

Only thing certain is death & taxes. So obviously it is not 100% certain who will be the nominee. There are some very large and expensive states coming up. Grassroots won’t cut it. Must have millions of $$ to put ads on TV & radio. CA & NY are prohibitively expensive and not any where as conservative as MS & AL. Santorum has one large donor to fund his super pack. If that donor shells out more millions, we could go into brokered convention. If not, Romney has a good chance to get 1144 after Utah.

Mitt Romney, needing 46% of the votes

He doesn't need 46% of the vote. He needs 46% of the delegates. That could take as little as 30% of the vote depending on how many other candidates are running and how he does in winner take all states.