[alicewonders]

Also, I expect as the race goes on & the smaller candidates drop out - a lot of those supporters will move to Romney or Thompson, since those people seem to have the upward momentum going for them. Anyone that would/could support Rudy, probably already does & anyone that finds him unsuitable for nomination has already expressed support for one of the other candidates - or “other”.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Most of the smaller candidates, are fringe. Those types tend to keep their “protest” voters no matter what they do. If they drop out, so do most of their supporters. The less than 1% that Hunter has, will more than likely move over to Tancredo or Paul. Paul is like Buchanan. He will more than likely stay in the race to take votes away and do the “third party” stunt. He was talking about going that route several months ago.