[Cincinatus' Wife]

"Everybody knows these delegates who are up for grabs, very few are hard-committed," Rick Santorum contended,

Rick is right.

Hard Delegate Count:

Romney-------- 340
Gingrich--------107
Santorum--------95
Paul--------------22

Soft Delegate Count:

Romney--------421
Santorum------164
Gingrich-------128
Paul--------------73

Delegate Totals

Hard Totals/ Soft Totals Explained.

[publius321]

“Stumping in Birmingham, Alabama, Mitt Romney continued his Southern charm offensive, celebrating an endorsement from the country band Alabama. “Wouldn’t you love to hear them sing ‘Sweet Home Alabama’? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?” he asked a crowd at one campaign stop.”

I wonde if the audience laughed at him. I wonder if anyone pointed out to the panderer that Sweet Home Alabama is a Lynyrd Skynyrd song.

Typical of Romney. http://youtu.be/_L5xXtGRs_c

[TEXOKIE]

Thanks for the info and link
( http://www.thegreenpapers.com/Definitions.html#Coun ) on the hard and soft delegate count which you gave above!

[goat granny]

that will be fun.....a big bowl on popcorn and a bottle of bourbon. Glued to the TV for the evening...

[Freddd]

There’s just one problem: If they do, it might turn out that no one gets the number of delegates needed to win the nomination outright.-————

I wouldn’t call that a problem.

I say it’s just the ticket we need..

[TalBlack]

There has not been 5 seconds in the last year that I didn’t believe there would be “bloodshed” at the convention. The primaries are only mildly interesting.

[MovementConservative]

It’s a pipe dream. The convention will not be brokered. Santorum and Gingrich have to say that because the proportional allocation has made it so they both are essentially mathematically eliminated already.

Regardless, I promise to do everything I can to defeat Barack Obama this November.

[RushingWater]

Even if Romney gets the totals he needs, the primary totals should be declared null and void because of Virginia. Oh, and I’ve had my tagline for quite a while now . . .

[Tribune7]

Mitt Romney continued his Southern charm offensive, celebrating an endorsement from the country band Alabama. "Wouldn't you love to hear them sing 'Sweet Home Alabama'? Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

That is so funny on so many different levels.

Maybe they they can follow it up with "What's Your Name" .

[newzjunkey]

"Everybody knows these delegates who are up for grabs, very few are hard-committed," Rick Santorum contended

He doesn't even realize he's making the case why Newt should stay in too.

[MistrX]

Am I crazy?
I keep thinking that if we get a dead locked convention and Sarah steps up to the plate, she could get the nod.
I think she could whup Obama.

[Brown Deer]

Gingrich Senior Advisor Randy Evans Explains Delegate Math

[no dems]

it might turn out that no one gets the number of delegates needed to win the nomination outright.

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Please, Dear God, let it be so. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Convention was deadlocked and a fresh, new, Conservative face, like Paul Ryan, left Tampa as the GOP nominee?

[Kevmo]

It is not getting more likely according to Intrade.

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