What are the next states that he could compete in?
Kansas, Washington, and Louisiana will be next in 3 days...Mitt can win in Washington...but Huckabee will probably take Kansas and La.
Then we have D.C., Maryland, and Virginia on the 12th just 3 more days later. Something tells me those will all go McCain.
16th is Guam..that will go McCain since it is all military.
Wisconsin on the 19th along with Washington Primary. Those would go Romney.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and American Samoa are all after that and lean liberal so those would go McCain.
Then comes March 4th where we have Ohio, Texas,Vermont, and Rhode Island. Romney if he sticks around could take Vermont, Rhode Island and have a shot at Ohio. McCain or Huckabee in Texas.
March 11th is Mississippi that will go Huckabee if he is still around.
April 22nd is Pennsylvania and that could go Mitt or McCain.
May 6th - Indiana and North Carolina - That could go Mitt/Huckabee
May 13th - Nebraska - That could go Romney
May 20th - Kentucky/Oregon - That could go Huckabee/Romney
May 27th - Idaho - Romney
June 3rd - New Mexico/South Dakota - I see that split for McCain/Romney.
I don’t see why Mitt should drop out at the moment...he still has a lot of wins in his corner and has room to pick up at least 10 if not a dozen more.
Why doesn’t the whole country vote on the same day? That way you wouldn’t get people influenced by the media who the front-runner is.
Some people in the states yet to vote may decide NOT to vote for Mitt after hearing all the negative comments about him losing, even though as you said, he still has a chance, albeit a small one. If everyone voted on the same day, this disadvantage wouldn’t exist for some candidates.