When did the Romney camp say that? The strategy from the GOP-E RINO Romney camp has consistently been to build up either Newt or Rick when one is falling back, then bash him, then build up the other one, etc. Romney’s winning strategy is divide and conquer, plain and simple.
The majority of states in April and beyond will be some form of winner-take-all. That means if Romney wins with a small plurality, he can win big. The rules also sometimes mean that if a candidate can win big with 50% as Rick managed too in Kansas, he can shut out anyone else from delegates.
Bottom line is there is NO way to stop Romney from ultimately getting the nomination if both Rick and Newt stay in, if all the voter preferences continue falling in line the way they have been. There is a POSSIBILITY they can beat him if one drops out and the other gets roughly 75% of the other’s voters. That would help deny Romney maybe a couple hundred delegates in various WTA states, and give Rick and Newt possibly a combined majority of delegates together, or close enough to it to pull off a win at the convention.
Alabama is a missed opportunity already, because a 50% winner there shuts out the other candidates. Illinois next week is the first direct delegate election state, which means Romney can win 100% of a district’s delegates with only 26% of the vote, if the other candidates are 25-25-24.
When did the Romney camp say that?
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Here’s the quote followed by the link to the article: “Romney could simply get to the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination with greater ease, since Santorum would be far from guaranteed winning all of Gingrich’s support.
With a two-person race ‘we will get to to 1,144 …a lot faster,’ Romney political director Rich Beeson told POLITICO.”
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/mitt-romneys-delegate-math-begins-add
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