And Romney gets 7 or 8.
This is more of a beauty contest, with no real winner, everybody wins a prize.
You are right. As some Freepers posted the other day, Romney is campaigning to maximize the number of delegates. If the top 3 vote getters receive 7-10 delegates each, the race is more or less the same as before in terms of delegates. If anything different, it’s the fact that Newt couldn’t win AL and perhaps also MS. Santorum shows he can be competitive in many regions. Despite what some radio hosts said, I’ve never believed Romney to have any hope to win AL or MS. If Romney gets HI and/or Samoa, he’ll get the most delegates of the evening.