This article is jumping the gun.
We’ve had one caucus and one candidate has since dropped out.
Over the next four weeks there will be primaries or caucuses in four more states.
The process is working as it should. Those who win votes and attract donations will go forward and those who do not will drop out. It will all happen quickly and naturally.
Time will tell if Santorum has staying power, if Perry can get up off the mat, and if Newt goes up or down.
The time to worry about rallying behind a single non-Romney candidate is still six to eight weeks away.
After it, we should see about 3 emerge in strong positions. Numbers 4 and 5 would probably drop out soon thereafter.
The big problem the Elite wing has is Romney. If Romney cannot get more than the 20-some he has been getting for months, he is in deep trouble. Full Primary/Caucus Calendar == *Missouri: Missouri will hold a primary on February 7th, 2012, which will not count for delegates toward the 2012 GOP convention. The Missouri Republican Party will hold a caucus on March 17th, 2012, which will determine the delegates sent to the 2012 GOP convention – See report from CNN
January 3, 2012
Iowa (caucus) – Results
January 10, 2012
New Hampshire (primary)
January 21, 2012
South Carolina (primary)
January 31, 2012
Florida (primary)
February 4, 2012
Nevada (caucus)
February 4–11, 2012
Maine (caucus)
February 7, 2012
Colorado (caucus)
Minnesota (caucus)
Missouri (primary) – *See note below on Missouri
February 28, 2012
Arizona (primary)
Michigan (primary)
March 3, 2012
Washington (caucus)
March 6, 2012
(Super Tuesday)Alaska (caucus)
Georgia (primary)
Idaho (caucus)
Massachusetts (primary)
North Dakota (caucus)
Ohio (primary)
Oklahoma (primary)
Tennessee (primary)
Vermont (primary)
Virginia (primary)
March 6-10, 2012
Wyoming (caucus)
March 10, 2012
Kansas (caucus)
U.S. Virgin Islands (caucus)
March 13, 2012
Alabama (primary)
Hawaii (caucus)
Mississippi (primary)
March 17, 2012
Missouri (GOP caucus) – *See note below on Missouri
March 20, 2012
Illinois (primary)
March 24, 2012
Louisiana (primary)
April 3, 2012
District of Columbia (primary)
Maryland (primary)
Wisconsin (primary)
Texas (primary)
April 24, 2012
Connecticut (primary)
Delaware (primary)
New York (primary)
Pennsylvania (primary)
Rhode Island (primary)
May 8, 2012
Indiana (primary)
North Carolina (primary)
West Virginia (primary)
May 15, 2012
Nebraska (primary)
Oregon (primary)
May 22, 2012
Arkansas (primary)
Kentucky (primary)
June 5, 2012
California (primary)
Montana (primary)
New Jersey (primary)
New Mexico (primary)
South Dakota (primary)
June 26, 2012
Utah (primary)