per the Green Papers, Santorum now officially leads Gingrich on BOTH the HARD and SOFT delegate counts.
Soft delegate count:
Romney 435,
Santorum 197,
Romney’s Stalking Horse 128,
Romney’s stooge 74,
Uncommitted 5.
Needed to nominate 1,144.
Hard delegate count:
Romney 354,
Santorum 131,
Romney’s Stalking Horse: 107,
Uncommitted 73,
Romney’s Stooge 23,
Romney’s Cousin 2.
Needed to nominate 1,144.
And for all those “wait til Tuesday from the Romney Stalking Horse supporters”, based on the projected delegate allocations from MS/AL, Rick will still be in 2nd. And there won’t be anymore HARD delegates in the South until May when NC, KY, AR, WV, and TX actually allocate delegates. So Rick is at least 2nd for Good.
“So Rick is at least 2nd for Good.”
Well, all Santorum has ever wanted was to be Romney’s 2nd, I mean Vice President. Maybe Santorum should quit now that he has that sewn up.
If you think calling Gingrich “Romney’s Stalking Horse” and accusing his supporters of being for Romney is the best way to win people over to Santorum, I think you are mistaken and doing Santorum a disservice.