“....In the meantime, the primary calendar is full of quirks. South Carolina (Jan. 21), and Florida (Jan. 31), will award all their delegates to the candidate who gets the most votes, even though they are holding their contests before April. Both states already lost half their delegates for holding early contests, so the state parties decided to make them winner-take-all. The RNC says there are no additional penalties for violating the proportional rules.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/28/v-fullstory/2564342/wacky-rules-complicate-race-for.html
Looks like this moving dates around has changed a lot of things. I hope Perry wins the VA court case and keeps making the dates on other state ballots (as he has been). It will be a very interesting primary as the number of delegates has dropped in many states due to being “punished.”
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/events.phtml?s=c
I have set the bar lower in SC for Perry than Newt. Newt is close to home territory, he needs to win there or go home. But also, Perry should be able to get some traction. He's from the South as well, and his military background should play an assist there as well. If Perry can't pull into at least a solid second place in SC, IMO he needs to fold, and dittoes for the other two if they come in third.