“won’t field any delegates in Tennessee”
So what?
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/dec/30/bachmann-santorum-fail-to-qualify-delegates-on/
The candidates without delegates on the Tennessee ballot — Michelle Bachmann, Gary Johnson, Charles “Buddy” Roemer and Rick Santorum — can still win them at the polls and have delegates appointed later by the state Republican Executive Committee under party rules.