here are the real numbers:
1. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (4823, 28.55%)
2. Congressman Ron Paul (4671, 27.65%)
3. Governor Tim Pawlenty (2293, 13.57%)
4. Senator Rick Santorum (1657, 9.81%)
5. Herman Cain (1456, 8.62%)
6. Governor Rick Perry (718, 3.62%) write-in
7. Governor Mitt Romney (567, 3.36%)
8. Speaker Newt Gingrich (385, 2.28%)
9. Governor Jon Huntsman (69, 0.41%)
10. Congressman Thad McCotter (35, 0.21%)
Interesting numbers but useless until we know who’s im and who’s out. If Palin or Giuliani jump in, it could change the equation.
The Paul supporters are like the Westboro Baptist people. They show up in droves except on election day so I just lump those votes in “other”. Bachmann and Pawlenty get a home field advantage being from a neighboring state.
It will be interesting to see how quickly it takes for Cain, Huntsman and Gingrich to pull out and where their supporters and staff will go. McCotter probably can’t even be a future Jeopardy question.
Believe the top 5 will “live to fight another day” as Brett Baier discussed with Huckabee at length. The money will slowly dry up for the rest.
That means Santorum and Cain are still viable. Also heard that Perry will out class some in this group because in debates, he will go solely after the current incumbent and not the others in the group. That will outshine Pawlenty.
This is going to get interesting. Don’t count out Cain as a VP shot. Bachmann suffers from the “Congress syndrome.” Not many Prez’s went from Congress directly to the WH. People want to see executive experience especially with the economy in such a mess.
I added up SVs numbers and they were missing 774, which would be most of Perry’s votes. Then I added up TFs numbers where they forgot to include “other write-ins.” When I added in the other write-ins, there were still several dozen votes unaccounted for???