I’m not.
I’ve had my say and Newt took Georgia, but Romney will still win the Primary overall.
I’m resigned.
Good analysis. Thanks for posting.
Still trying to figure out how we got here...Romney? His "Romneycare" will sink us faster than an Italian Cruise ship...It's just pitiful.
Why do it now?
You overlook one other scenario. That is Rick/Newt combined get more delegates than Romney. In that scenario, the one behind, currently Newt, would throw his support behind Rick (or vice versa). Now when it comes to the 2nd ballot, why would it have to be Mitt? There would be a very good argument to say that Mitt is toast. He outspent his rivals and couldn’t close the deal. And if he couldn’t close the deal with his money advantage in the primary, he won’t stand a chance against Obama where he won’t have the same advantages. Now that is just pointing out the obvious weakness in Romney. And considering how much the guy at the top of the ticket affects races nationwide, why wouldn’t the establishment want to dump Mittens? And on top of that, you will have the Conservative wing screaming as loud as they can that it must not be Mitt. All in all unless Mitt gets over 50% of the delegates I don’t see any good reason he should be the nominee. He is doing rather poorly considering he saturates the airwaves against his rivals while they can’t fight back.
In this sense, Rick seems like a much stronger candidate. “Hey guys look at me. I almost won a bunch of states spending 1/6 the money Mitt did.” Or Newt, depending who comes out on top.
Of course the last 4 brokered conventions the republicans had, they lost the general election. Luckily, this time around the incumbent is weak.
Perhaps it would be wiser at this point to focus on pressuring Romney to pick a conservative VP as heir-apparent. Otherwise, it’s Jeb in 2016 with no serious opposition.
Well, shoot, let’s just give up then and quit trying and accept Mr. Inevitability, A.K.A, Mr. Progressive Liberal, A.K.A., Mr. Lie my butt off as our candidate.