Senator Santorum suspended his campaign today, leaving Governor Romney as the likely Republican Party nominee with Speaker Gingrich and Dr. Ron Paul trailing, but still in the race. This is a fortuitous development for Gov. Romney, as April and May were not likely to be kind.
In the Democratic Party, the rules require candidates choose their delegates. “Going rogue” is very difficult to do given the delegate vetting and whip process prior to a national convention. Dynamics are much more complicated for Republican presidential hopefuls.
The AP uncritically announced that Mitt Romney was Saturday’s winner, a report parroted by USA Today, NPR, The Sacramento Bee, The San Francisco Chronicle, CBS News, Yahoo! News, and many others.
There is a remote possibility someone not currently running could emerge as the GOP’s nominee. Such a candidate would face challenges, like fundraising, last-minute organizing and name recognition.
When it comes to delegate count, Mitt Romney’s camp should be looking toward victory in today’s results as a mathematical obligation.
Mitt Romney won the popular vote last night in both the Michigan and Arizona primaries. But while his victory in Arizona’s winner-take-all primary guarantees him all 29 delegates, Michigan’s delegate distribution is not so simple.
2012 could host an unusually prolonged primary season for a presidential race in recent history. As Super Tuesday quickly approaches, here is some important Republican primary race delegate count information to keep in mind.
