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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?

If Huckabee gets knocked out or quits early, then it’s very likely that his delegates could go to McCain and he becomes the nominee with no challenge at the convention. It’s beginning to appear that, short of a miracle, McCain is going to win this thing hands down anyway. I can’t see Huckabee’s Christian pro-life evangelical supporters suddenly jumping ship to Romney with his pro-abort record, so Huckabee can probably stay in the race all the way through, even on a shoestring budget. If he wants to. And if not, who knows how his supporters will split. Chances are most will not go to Romney. McCain is in like Flynn unless we have a brokered convention. Even then, he could still get it. There’s only a slim chance that someone else would be drafted. It’d have to be one heck of a knock ‘em down drag ‘em out fight.

Look, this thread was done kind of tongue-in-cheek and I’m not really asking anyone to vote for Huckabee or even support him for his sake, or vote for anyone else for that matter. I no longer have a dog in this race other than I’m hoping our eventual RINO nominee is at least pro-life and is one who can carry all the Red states, including the bible belt. We’re going to need them. I just think the possibility of a brokered convention where there could be a possibility of pulling in a well-rounded reliable conservative is an interesting development and is worth the discussion.

First of all, ignore my last reply to you. I miss read what you wrote.

Second, “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.”

You bring up an interesting question regarding delegates for those who have dropped out of the race. I am not sure that those delegates have to vote for who was endorsed, but I am not sure they are free to choose for themselves either.

Does anyone know the answer to how the delegates for candidates who have already dropped out can or must vote? Are they forced to vote for who their candidate endorsed?