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racaulk

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4. If three or four candidates make it all the way to the convention...

Reply to Pab Sungenis (Original post)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:46 PM

Jan 2012

...I can see it all playing out exactly as you described. However, it takes a lot of money to make it all the way to that point, and I'm not sure they all have it. I know Romney seems to have an endless supply of money (both personal and contributed) to bankroll his campaign, and I think Paul does as well. But what about the others? Can they still hold their delegates at the convention if they are forced to suspend their campaigns during the primaries?

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Why the New Hampshire results are bad news for Romney [View all] Pab Sungenis Jan 2012 OP

I'd hypothesize that Romney would have won a slam dunk in NH in Huntsman's absence OmahaBlueDog Jan 2012 #1

Re: Iowa. There were (according to what I read) also errors in Santorum's favor. NYC Liberal Jan 2012 #6

Draft Jeb? That would be bitter. Nt xchrom Jan 2012 #2

He's as good as a local boy and he still couldn't cut it. MADem Jan 2012 #3

I've been sorta half-predicting a brokered convention, and Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #5

normally, I would go with Jeb Dan Jan 2012 #10

If three or four candidates make it all the way to the convention... racaulk Jan 2012 #4

Reading too much into it. Nobody gets 50% in a 6 way field. n/t ddeclue Jan 2012 #7

Only the early states are going to award their delegates proportionally. tritsofme Jan 2012 #8

You nailed it DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #9

The primaries after April 1 are 'winner-take-all' as I understand it. That said, DUer GrantCart coalition_unwilling Jan 2012 #11

Not all of them. Some (I don't know which) are proportional, but... Pab Sungenis Jan 2012 #12