With Mike Huckabee "surging" it just splits the other delegate states more than before, we will have to see if any of the other candidates makes a comeback.
For months I thought it would be between Romney and Rudy, now it could be Huck vs Rudy?
I, for one have NEVER understood the Rudy craze.
Sometimes, I feel that we just doomed period.
His leads in the larger states will slip if he loses in the early primaries. You are under the false assumption that he is in no danger of further scandal revelations.
Rudy has hit his high water mark. He will never garner more than 25 to 30 percent of the GOP vote, which means that the other 70 to 75% will determine the nominee. I serioiusly doubt that any candidate will win enough delegates to win on the first ballot. It will be a brokered convention, which should help a consensus candidate like Thompson or Romney.