[CottonBall]

What needs to happen is for Huckabee and Romney and possibly Paul to have a total of half plus 1 delegate. No one wins without a majority. Just because there are more than 2 running does not change the rules that a majority is required to win.

So, a candidate needs not just more delegates than another candidate, but a majority of the total number? Now, that changes things......or hopefully will.

Sorry to doubt you, JR. You were right.

[CottonBall]

Now that you've educated me on how the counting of delegates works, I only have one concern with voting for Huckabee to hopefully get a brokered convention.

Number seven, if we can keep Huckabee in the race all the way through, thus preventing McCain or Romney from gaining enough delegates to win the nomination, then maybe, just maybe a deadlocked convention might seek out another candidate.

From what I've looked up about how delegates work, if a candidate exists the race AND endorses another, their delegates will more than likely go to the person endorses. This could backfire on us then, if Huckabee quits and endorses McCain. Any ideas on 1) how to get him to stay in the race or 2) whether he'll endorse McCain or not?

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

“So, a candidate needs not just more delegates than another candidate,”

Do you understand the term “half plus”

No, a candidate has to have over half. They do not win the nomination with 49% of the vote or less. They do not win if they have exactly half the vote. They have to have half plus at least 1 vote. Majority does not mean more than someone else, it means more than everyone else combined.