Huckabee has no need to drop out any more than Mo Udall did in ‘76 or Ron Paul right now. The delegates would be free to vote for whomever they choose.
If he drops out, he’ll broker a deal with the delegates he has or he’ll just sign them over to McCain.
Delegates are free to vote for whomever they want, but, usually the candidate endorses one of the remaining and asks his/her delegates to vote that way.
In this case Huck will ask his votes go to McCain. So a vote for Huck will eventaully be a vote for McCain...maybe.
Face it folks, its over. The drive by media has managed to fool enough people who think of themselves as Republicans that McCain is someng he is not. This will reamin so until McCain gets the nomination, and then the drive by media will destroy McCain. It has all been set up by George Soros and the lib media. I am amazed how many people can’t see it. Most of all McCain, who in his blind ambition can’t see what is going to happen to him as soon as he is nominated.
“Lets assume tommorrow does not break hard one way or another for McClame or Romney... Lets say those two split things almost right down the middle.”
Not sure how that would happen considering the number of delegate-rich winner-takes-all states that McCain is going to pick up fairly easily.
The Huck will not get out. He helps McCain by staying in, compared to getting out and endorsing McCain. He’s bought, and paid for by McCain.
Huckabee’s strategy is to get enough delegates to hold the balance between McCain and Romney, at the Convention. He will then offer to support McCain in exchange for the VP spot on his ticket.