CNN Delegate Scorecard (Romney has more delegates than all other candidates combinded)

CNN.com ^ | 01/17/08 | Reaganesque

[Reaganesque]

Magic Number

1,191

Romney

52

Huckabee

22

McCain

15

Thompson

6

Paul

2

Giuliani

1

Hunter

1

Total Delegates*

[Reaganesque]

Romney has 52 delegates. The total for everyone else is 47. It's still early and we'll see what happens Saturday but, so far, Romney has attracted the most attention and votes within the party and that counts for a lot.

So, we have for our choices from the remaining viable candidates, McCain and Huckabee, both of whom have been roundly criticized as too liberal by most conservative icons. And we have Thompson and Romney, both of whom have been pronounced to be good choices, again by most conservative icons such as Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter. While Thompson is a good, intelligent man, Romney has shown his ability to get the votes, delegates, and the momentum to win and keep the Oval Office in Republican hands. It's not a hard decision really. If Limbaugh, Coulter, Bork, Bopp, Buckley and a whole list of conservative icons plus the majority of delegates and voters thus far, find Romney to be the best conservative choice, chances are, he is. The choice really is that simple.

[Reaganesque]

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[Don Corleone]

Romney has attracted the most attention and votes within the party and that counts for a lot.

That's why the MSM?Socialists are worried.

[maica]

Interesting stat that would be headline news everywhere if the candidate was “approved” by the DBM.

You put the situation between Thompson and Romney very well - the same conclusion that I made months ago, when it was almost impossible to print the word Romney on FR. Let’s hope that voters in every state see the choices as we do from now on,

[lowbridge]

If Romney wins the nomination, he’ll lose the election. If he wins the election, we’ll lose.

[Rome2000]

[bluebeak]

bingo! He is the most likely to lose against Hillary.

[bw17]

Even more interesting is the fact that Mitt received votes from more Evangelicals in Michigan than Huckabee...34 to 29%.

I’m glad the Huckster’s flame is fizzling out.

[tiger-one]

Romney has 52 delegates

And he needs about 1100 more. Long haul, he'll cave before the convention.

[philsfan24]

this guy had different positions on everything just 3 years ago when he was governor on massachusetts. he changed his position on nearly everything to appeal to conservatives. this guy flip flops more than john kerry. who says he wont do the same thing if hes ever elected president? its one thing if you have a legit change of heart. this happens to many people, but this does not look like it. he strikes me as phony and it looks likes hes saying anything to get elected. its a little too convenient that hes changed his positions as soon as he decided to run for president.

[Reaganesque]

Judge Robert Bork's endorsement/ad.

[kidd]

99 delegates out of 2300 (4%) have been pledged from the results of 4 northern state primaries (3 liberal states and 1 small conservative state).

Don’t get too excited.

[esarlls3]

Here is the NYT scorecard from: http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/results/delegates/index.html

Note that they don't count Iowa ("Delegates decided June 14th") and Wyoming ("Delegates unbound until convention.")

		DEMOCRATS				REPUBLICANS
		Hillary Clinton	Barack Obama	John Edwards		Mitt Romney	John McCain	Mike Huckabee	Rudy Giuliani	Fred Thompson
Total Delegates		9	9	4		27	13	2	0	0
		2,026 needed to win				1,191 needed to win

[Pravious]

Nonsense.

The dim-bulb females who would vote for Hillary “because she’s a woman” would be tempted to jump ship and vote for Mitt because he’s tall and handsome.

[gunservative]

this guy had different positions on everything just 3 years ago when he was governor on massachusetts. he changed his position on nearly everything to appeal to conservatives

If the ticket was Romney/Thompson then I'd only have to hold one nostril to vote....

[Reaganesque]

And Romney still has more delegates than the rest of the field combined. Nearly twice as many.

[wilco200]

“I’m glad the Huckster’s flame is fizzling out.”

Exactly. Next target McCain. After him we need a twofer Rudy & Romney

That should open the room for a conservative nominee

[AmericanInTokyo]

So did George W. Bush at some time, too.

And look what we got.

You satisfied with the border and all the Americans killed since 2001 by illegal aliens on our soil?

Some leadership. Yeah, let's all get behind the "Winners" again, shall we?

[Dixie Yooper]

Long haul, he'll cave before the convention

Is it possible for all the candidates to run out of money before the convention? I have never seen so much spent, before the Iowa caucus in my life. It's been going on for well over a year now.

[Reaganesque]

So you have suspicions about Romney. I understand. On the other hand, with Huckabee and particularly McCain, you know for a fact that they will not vote the way you want them. So, given that so many high profile conservatives and early conservative voters have gone on record saying they believe Romney is sincere, people who have met and talked with him, would that not answer most of the questions raised about him?

And, as Rush Limbaugh has pointed out repeatedly of late, the media hates Romney's guts and that alone is the best indicator that Romney is a conservative.