Posted on 03/08/2012 10:28:35 PM PST by Fred
A new official delegate count being kept by the Republican National Committee reveals that Newt Gingrich has won more "bound" delegates in the presidential primary than Rick Santorum.
Gingrich has won 107 delegates compared to Santorum's 95, according to the RNC's count, which was made after Super Tuesday. That effectively puts him in second place behind front-runner Mitt Romney.
But the RNC does not count delegates from states like Iowa in its total, according to the Huffington Post, which first reported the story. The Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses did not officially allocate any of the state's 28 delegates to the national convention.
Many state caucuses are held in a similar manner.
Even though Gingrich has only won two primary contests, in South Carolina and Georgia, and former Sen. Santorum has won seven -- in Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota, Misssouri,
Read more on Newsmax.com: RNC: Gingrich Leads Santorum in Primary Delegates Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
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Agree. That was exactly what I was trying to get through. You explained it better
I seem to recall the NYTimes wanted McCain as well.
They're starting to remind me of liberal Democrats screaming about "fairness." Nothing is ever their candidate's failing. It's always a Romney dirty trick or Newt splitting the vote or his volunteers letting him down or something else.
What really matters is Romney's total. The fact is, he has more delegates than all three not-Romney rivals combined. That means the not-Romney effort is failing.
Only to call it a "mistake" and declare he was 'really against it all along' (while denying a 20-year record of supporting it).
Otherwise known as....
wow...
all the undeclared delegates are designated as the santorum color... subliminal messages in use...
i can’t wait to see either rick or newt in the lead... sorry mitt... as the germans say... mit out mitt, live is gut, ya?
teeman
Stryker? Striker. Strike her... O.K. from the movie airplane.
teeman
PNWED!!!
PWNED!!!
oops...
d’oh
love it tho
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