I think the posts on this forum are mostly fictional of late, esp as they apply to the unvetted Mr. SAntorum, but since you seem to be a smart man, I’ll ask you.
There have posts here indicating that SAntorum is NOT even on the ballot in TN, IL, ND, Virginia etc. Is he or isn’t he?
Both Santorum and Gingrich are NOT on the ballot in VA
Santorum IS on the Ballot and DOES have a slate of
Delegates in ND. Unless he wins 80% of the vote by himself, this won’t be an issue. If he wins 50-60% of the vote, he’ll be fine.
In TN, the executive committee allows delegates to be appointed even after the contest. Santorum is on the ballot here. There’s 14 delegates in question as to whether or not he is eligible to receive from the Executive committe, but in regards to the other 41 tied to the statewide vote, he is fine.
Santorum is not on the ballot in 4 Congressional Districts in IL totaling 10 delegates. All 4 CD’s are tied to the Cook County/Chicago Area and represent for the most part “Mark Kirk” type Republicans. He WILL be on the ballot in the rest of the CD’s where he is expected to do well and where up to 4 delegates per CD are awarded. However, IL has some shady rules for choosing 12 of their delegates that seems to be in no way tied to any vote.
And since you didn’t mention IN, I’ll list what I know here. Most likely Santorum will remain on the IN ballot depsite being 8 signatures short in Marion County. Of a panel of 2 Republicans (including a Romney co-chair) and 2 Democrats, it takes 3 votes to kick someone off the ballot, and both Democrats have indicated they have no interest in dropping Santorum off of it.
Hope this helps.