You mean the guy who will lead in the delegate count after tonight? It’s all about delegates. Coming in #2 in 10 states is better than one in two, three in five, and four in three.
But it’s funny to watch people get all worked up about what they think is a Romney loss.
Oh yea he ruled in Wyoming, the most uncontested primary in history..
Fact is he cant win a contested primary while massively outspending his opponents, when he gets to the general and cant out spend the democrat....
I hope Mitt and Trudy drop because then I can vote for pretty much anyone left over..
You as much as anyone knows that this stage of the primaries is an expectations game. Romney invested a lot of time, effort, and money (including over $17M of campaign debt backed by his personal wealth -- and that's just through September) into Iowa and New Hampshire, hoping to build momentum from there. 2nd place in Iowa hurt, but not as much as failing to win New Hampshire, which is in his own back yard.
Now, despite the delegate count (which is pretty inconsequential compared to the number of delegates needed to win) that has Romney, he's badly lost that expectations game. How does it impact his fundraising? How much more of his own money has he already pumped into his campaign and how much more will he need to to keep going?
Honestly, he's lucky that there's still several primaries ahead of the Jan 31 FEC filing date, because without a win or two under his belt, I imagine his Q4 report would only make matters worse.