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Ah, but here’s the rub: SC is only worth 25 delegates now instead of 50. Florida is down from 99 to 50. A sweep of these two states is ONLY 75 delegates. Tennessee has more delegates than Florida, Alaska has more the SC:

All candidates will try to linger til Super Tuesday in March: FL and SC pushing up their primaries has lessened their importance.

I do agree that the situation has changed since 2008. Rudy set up NY and NJ to sweep him into the lead after a Florida win. The only problem with that plan was that he didn't win Florida, and McCain ran through that door instead.

However, it also does not change the fact that Romney is banking on a continued divided anti-Romney vote. The vote was not as polarized in 2008 as it is now. IMO we cannot have a candidate lingering in third place among the anti-Romneys that is also possibly denying wins to the other two.

And I am not even demanding that Perry win in SC - Gingrich needs to. If Perry can gain enough momentum to take a solid second in SC, IMO he should stay in. But the weak sister after SC needs to get out.

You are right!

I just got some of that and posted it above.

Bump!