John McCain: 164
Rudy Giuliani: 162
Duncan Hunter: 158
Sam Brownback: 85
Mitt Romney: 80
Mike Huckabee: 21
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Now, if only all the conservatives would wise up and unite behind the one conservative who can beat Hillary -- Mitt Romney -- the numbers would look this:
Romney: 344
McCain: 164
Giuliani: 162
There's no rush to pick one. Primary is a year off.
Here's some more reaction to Mitt's speech at CPAC from Kathryn Jean Lopez at NRO:
The TurnaroundView a video of a crowd of Mitt supporters at CPAC after the speech.Romney's addressing CPAC now and oh boy is this different than the disappointing speech he gave in late January at the NRI conservative summit. A few red-meat lines: "It's time to take government apart and put it back together." Wants to make it "simpler, smarter, and smaller." He said, "I will fight to repeal McCain-Feingold." Talking about the marriage fight he said "It is the people who are sovereign in America, not a few folks in black robes." He talks confidently about the war and has a good line about how Pelosi and Reid shouldn't be dictating frontline strategy. He's gotten a ton of applause and has kept a steady beat. This is a speech — ending on a forceful, adamant, ticked-off but optimistic about the future note. "Our traditional values" are on the line, we're under attack, and the government is a mess and he's not going to stand for it, dammit.
This is the speech he should have given in January at our summit. This is the speech he should have given when he launched the campaign. This speech — this is a rallying speech.