Santorum AND Newt AND Perry = Romney win
That's the math Romney is counting on. And it looks like we're going to give it to him.
Santorum and Perry need to drop out so those antiMitt votes can be consolidated.
It continues to be a 3-way split of the conservative vote and that is giving Romney the edge.
Santorum doesn’t have the organization to go much further, unless he inherits from some other candidate.
Gingrich has more baggage than Samsonite and we saw how the negative ads he whined about brought him down to #4 in both IA and NH. If he thinks Team Obama will play nice, he is delusional. They will make the Paul/Romney ads against him look like Saturday morning cartoons.
Perry just can’t get any traction, it seems. That is a shame, because he has the most governmental executive experience of any of the candidates.
Regardless, as long as the 3 continue, they will continue to split the vote and give Romney the edge. Which are hangers-on because of ego and which are hucka-hangers-on reminiscent of 2008?
In a CBS News Break the night of the NH primary, they reported that 65% of the voters expressed a desire to have someone else [other than the current slate] on the ballot. The voters are NOT happy with the current field. Again, reminiscent of 2008.
Santorum + Newt + Perry > Romney
Santorum AND Newt AND Perry = Romney win
That’s the math Romney is counting on. And it looks like we’re going to give it to him.
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The two with class and love for country that exceeds pride and love for self will drop out.