[GOP_Lady]

Simple. There is a large choice of candidates. The winner only has to get a small percentage of the vote to win. Money does not ensure victory. If people don’t want to vote for you, they won’t, no matter how much money you spend. The same thing is happening with only three candidates in Iowa on the dem side. There is no “Golden One” for the majority of people.

[ejonesie22]

Maybe, but given the amount of money spent by Mitt vs. the others, who is going to be the most economically viable long term.

This may well come into play for Mitt. How much he is going to have to spend to stay even, or more over to pull ahead all they way through the Primary. What are going to be his costs state by state, and a what point does his “self financing” become a philosophical and emotional liability with the base as well as the candidate himself...