Well, the Romney camp says that they will reach the 1,144 needed Delegates faster if they just have one opponent. Here’s why I believe they’re right:
From what I’ve read, all of the “drop-out” candidate’s supporters will NOT necessarily vote for the remaining candidate. SOME WILL NOT VOTE AT ALL if their man is not in the race. And, believe it or not, some will actually vote for Romney because the don’t like Santorum, who will lose 35 States to Obama because he can’t help himself; he’s just gotta talk about condoms. And, some Santorum supporters figure that the Dems have video on both Romney and Newt favoring Individual Mandates on Universal Health Care, so why not just go with Romney.
Sadly from the start the only question for conservatives was which of their candidates would self-destruct in a vain bid to be the second-place candidate. In July 2011, not many would have thought Santorum and Gingrich would be the defeated semi-finalists, as Mittens coasts to the nomination. It was all so inevitable with conservative divisions. Conservatives are just too dumb to develop a winning strategy.
The non-Romney front runner’s path to nomination:
Delegates won so far by Santorum = 212
More delegates needed to win nomination = 932
Delegates remaining in future primaries = 1499
Santorum needs to win 932/1499 = 62.2% of all remaining delegates.
Most coming primaries are proportional. Winner take all are:
UT, NJ, CA, DE, DC none of which are Santorum’s strongholds.
If Santorum and Gingrich can deny Romney a majority, is there the possibility of one of them yielding his delegates to the other, thereby gaining a majority?
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