[Cincinatus' Wife]

Romney’s war chest and ability to raise money helped him roll over the others in the primary.

[kidd]

Yes, but Romney is a Bircher compared to Bush

[Hugin]

Not so much in 2008 though. In 2012 it was Mitt’s “turn” in the minds of a lot of average Pub voters. I think this year is more like 2008 than 2012. There’s no aura of inevitability about Jeb like there was with Mitt last time.

[Yo-Yo]

Romney’s war chest and ability to raise money helped him roll over the others in the primary.

And President H. Ross Perot proved that all it takes is money to win the Presidency.

[Vigilanteman]

That and the asinine allocation of delegates based mostly on a state's population. If conservatives had any sense we would demand that delegate allocations be based on three sets of fifths:

1. One fifth based on population or a state's electoral votes.
   
2. One fifth based on GOP governors, senators, congress seats and houses of the state legislature they control.
   
3. Three fifths based on electoral votes actually delivered to the GOP nominee over the last six or so presidential cycles.

   And, yes, Wyoming might actually end up with more delegates than Massachusetts under this formula. If it is unfair, then it is unfair to Wyoming, which has delivered 12 of 12 possible electoral votes to the GOP ticket over the last four election cycles whereas Massachusetts has delivered exactly 0.

[ConservativeDude]

that fact is the scary part....

[Rusty0604]

He also went to places with just a few votes and racked them up that way. Didn’t he go to Puerto Rico and some other territory that can vote for primaries only?