[Engraved-on-His-hands]

The RNC will be the fly in the ointment in this, I would imagine. However, it would even the playing field somewhat. It seems that red states (mostly won by Santorum) have been proportional, whereas blue states (mostly won by Romney) have been winner-take-all.

Here is an e-mail that I received today from the Santorum campaign:

I am emailing you to share some important news that will reset this race.

In Texas the Republican Party is moving today to change the primary there on May 29th to winner-take-all, meaning all 155 delegates will be up for grabs and awarded to the popular vote winner.

If our campaign wins Texas, and we will, the delegate gap with Mitt Romney will have closed dramatically and this campaign will head to the convention and be decided there. If we do not, our grassroots, issue based campaign together for a better America will end in the Lone Star state (hopefully nowhere near the Alamo).

Between now and the Texas we must do everything we can to make sure we win in places like Pennsylvania later this month and in states such as Kentucky and Arkansas so that we are able to sustain our momentum until Texas has a chance to vote.

Let me be clear: the final goal of our campaign is the defeat of Barack Obama. That's why I ran for President in the first place and it is why I am continuing in this race until at least Texas.

I firmly believe Mitt Romney's support for his Massachusetts health care mandate, Cap and Trade and the bailouts make him unelectable in the fall. We cannot afford a nominee that does not stand strong for our conservative principles.

We need a principled, Reagan conservative to challenge Barack Obama in the fall and nothing less.

Proud to stand with Rick,

Mike Biundo
Campaign Manager

P.S. Help us build our warchest for Texas and Pennsylvania. Make a donation of $25 or more today if you want to see a strong conservative challenge Barack Obama in the fall!

[Guenevere]

I’m proud to stand with Rick....and sending donations too!

[Redmen4ever]

At the same time Rick Santurom is seeking to shift Texas to winner take all, he is saying Arizona and Florida should be shifted to proportional representation.

[OrangeHoof]

With all the RNC shenanigans that have already been done on Romney’s behalf, I can’t imagine this would go down without a fight. Expect this to be hotly contested if not quickly quashed.

[mylife]

I think the Texas Primary has been diddled around enough already!

[Marcella]

Read the whole article. I have a reason.

[katiedidit1]

Would love to hear what Gov Perry has to say about that...and of course the Bush family. Santorum will never take Texas

[Lazlo in PA]

Santorum for President Ping List.

FReepmail “Antoninus” to be added or removed.

[Mariner]

Yep, just like Obama and Romney...change the rules so you can win.

[WOSG]

Be careful what you ask for, Santorum fans.
Romney could take Texas if it looks like he’s the leading candidate, which is likely by late may (if its not already over). WTA would seal the nomination for him then.

[matthew fuller]

"Santorum has noted in recent days that some Texas party activists are waging an uphill battle to change the rules of the May 29 primary so that whoever wins would get all 152 delegates up for grabs in the contest. "

What happened to the other three delegates?

[digital-olive]

This election is making me sick. It’s (unfortunately) going to come down to d-bag ‘A’ vs. d-bag ‘Romney’.

Can we bring back 1980?

[GVnana]

This will do nothing to warm my heart toward Santorum. Winner-take-all contests are an open invitation to machine politics IMHO.

[samtheman]

It seems like it would be fair to do this. Isn’t the primary late enough that it should be winner-take-all? Wasn’t Florida so early that it should have been proportional?

Isn’t that the general rule: if early, proportional, if late, winner-take-all?