Romney is finished

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42. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

This

is

my

point

Old system

gone

Here are the new rules

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2012#Ohio_Plan_proposal

Guidelines for primary and caucus dates

Based on a temporary committee's proposal, the Republican National Committee (RNC) adopted new rules for the timing of elections on August 6, 2010 with 103 votes in favor out of 144.[228] Under this plan, elections for delegates to the national convention were to be divided into three periods:[229]
February 1 – March 5, 2012: Contests of traditional early states Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina
March 6 – March 31, 2012: Contests that proportionally allocate delegates
April 1, 2012 and onward: All other contests including winner-take-all elections

By the fall of 2011, several states scheduled contests contravening this plan, pushing the primary calendar into January. These contests are in violation of RNC rules, with New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan set to be penalized with a loss of half of their delegates. As they are holding non-binding caucuses, Iowa, Colorado, Maine and Minnesota will not be automatically penalized, as their contests to bind national delegates are made later.[230]




so between March 6 -31 proportional how many could that be?

TWENTY ONE


Here they are

March 6


Alaska
Georgia
Idaho
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming

March 10-13

Kansas
US Virgin Isl
Alabama
American Samoa
Hawaii
Missisippi

March 17 -24

Missouri
Puerto Rico
Illinoois
Lousiana


Last Huckabee didn't give up until they hit 51% and this time there will be no reason for anybody to stop, if they don't have much money they just can go and do cable.

If they keep it undecided they can go to the convention and wield more power, possible hold out for VP or a committment for a cabinet position. I am sure that Huntsman would love to be SOS and so on.

If you remember the Democratic Primary it remained very close when there were only two candidates. If there are three or more, and you have a large number of proportional selected delegates then it is virtually impossible to get 51% unless you take almost all of the winner take all primaries.

There are about 400 Super Delegates and all but about 20 of them are sitting on the sides, uncommitted.

http://www.democraticconventionwatch.com/diary/4726/republican-superdelegate-endorsement-list