[LWalk18]

Everyone is so willing to write off Thompson, and talk of supporting Romney...May I ask you to go back and look at the results? Thompson beat Romney. Romney stopped in-person campaigning in SC, but kept running the ads. He did not have to go to NV to win - he had the “vote for Brother Romney” votes already in his pocket. He did not want us talking about how he was beating by lazy, unambitious, place-holding, FRed.

I like Fred, but come on- Romney has won in MI, WY, and NV, Thompson has not won any states, including now SC which he was supposed to win or at least be second under his orginal strategy. Romney's chances, whatever they are, look at lot better than Fred's right now by any objective measure.

[txhurl]

Rush has mentioned Bloomberg’s plans. I think it was last Wednesday, check the transcript.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Romney knew what Fred supporters may realise tomorrow. South Carolina was largely a winner-take-all primary. Neither Fred nor Romney are going to get a single delegate out of the state, most go to McCain and the few rest to Huckabee.

Meanwhile, by campaigning a few more days in Nevada, Romney broke 50%, winning a REAL majority, and took a vast majority of that state’s delegates (which were NOT winner-take-all).

All he could have done in South Carolina is held his voters and kept Thompson in 4th place. Thompson hadn’t gone after McCain, Romney couldn’t do it alone.

Romney worked hard but he couldn’t overcome McCain’s 100% name recognition in South Carolina.