[throwback]

Maybe, but our math isn’t too good, and we need the practice anyway, so let’s just run through the whole exercise anyway.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Bull crap!

[Vigilanteman]

Correct. Actually going through the exercise has the habit of legitimizing or delegitimizing a particular candidate. Romney still has to win 47.3% of all remaining delegates to lock up a majority before the convention.

While this is a little bit less daunting than Santorum's task of winning 63.5% or Gingrich's task of winning 71.1% of remaining delegates, it is by no means a done deal.

The key numbers are:

Delegates won (Dw):
Romney = 454
Santorum = 217
Gingrich = 107

Delegates needed to win (Dn) = 1144
Delegates not yet allocated (Dr) = 1459

(Dn-Dw)/Dr = % of remaining delegates required to win.

If you want to take the view that Santorum and Gingrich are on the same team, you can add up their totals and still come up their need to win 56.2% of all remaining delegates to lock up the nomination.

[do the dhue]

Maybe, but our math isn’t too good, and we need the practice anyway, so let’s just run through the whole exercise anyway.

That's right! I went to a public school system.

[do the dhue]

Maybe, but our math isn’t too good, and we need the practice anyway, so let’s just run through the whole exercise anyway.

That's right! I went to a public school system.