[lexington minuteman 1775]

I hope Newt, Rick , and even Ron Paul stay in to keep delegates away from Mittens. Let’em sort it out at the convention
freegards
LEX

[cripplecreek]

I hope Newt, Rick , and even Ron Paul stay in to keep delegates away from Mittens.

Thats true in proportional delegate states but in winner take all states it hands the race to Romney and he'll run away with it.

[sillsfan]

I don’t understand Santorum supporters’ strategy/rationale.

By all accounts, Newt dropping out does NOT ensure Santorum can garner enough delegates to win the nomination.
However, Newt dropping out DOES make it more possible for Romney to get enough delegates.

If the number one objective is to make sure Romney doesn’t become the nominee, why then do Santorum supporters continue to insist that Newt drop out?

Let them fight it out at the convention. Or is that what Santorum is afraid of, that his support isn’t really that deep and he’ll loose there.

[entropy12]

That strategy works only in states with proportional allocation of delegates. Majority of impending primaries are WTA-CD & WTA. Which simply means a simple plurality in a congressional district or state gives you ALL delegates in that district/state.