Not to defend Romney. I hate the guy.
But you are wrong to say he “in 2008 when Romney was ahead of McCcain, and then all of a sudden out of the blue Romney steps down...”
Delegate Standings on February 6
McCain - 680
Romney - 270
Huckabee - 176
On February 12, with voting in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. McCain swept the three races and took all 113 delegates which were at stake
On February 14, Mitt Romney officially endorsed McCain and asked his approximately 280 delegates to support him at the national convention.
Romney had no chance of winning the primary against McCain, not after Super Tuesday.
Like I said, I don’t give a sh*t about Romney, but facts is facts.
Please provide a link with to support your numbers?
Romney was the clearly winning and the Media wanted McCain. Next thing I know Romney was stepping down.
You said,
“Romney had no chance of winning the primary against McCain, not after Super Tuesday.”
Okay here is Wiki(anyone can edit it)pedia... link
“Romney was considered a top-tier candidate in his bid for the Republican nomination, despite hurdles such as low name recognition and questions about his Mormon faith. Romney partly financed his campaign with his own personal fortune, having contributed over $35 million of the $90 million raised by his campaign, as of January 31, 2008.[3] Despite that, he also raised more money than any other Republican primary candidate.
In a nationwide poll conducted on January 2, 2008, Romney was placed first among Republican voters nationally.[4] However, he came in second in the Iowa caucuses to Mike Huckabee. Romney followed up with his first win of the campaign season in the Wyoming caucus, although it received little media attention. He then lost the New Hampshire primary to John McCain, but won the Nevada Primary with 51 percent of the vote, with Ron Paul in second place and John McCain third, and won the Michigan primary by 9 percentage points, leaving the nomination result up in the air. He then finished fourth in the South Carolina primary and finished second to McCain in the hotly contested Florida primary, a result which gave McCain the lead in delegates and the status of “frontrunner” heading in to Super Tuesday.[5]
On February 7, 2008, two days after McCain posted strong gains in the Super Tuesday primaries, Romney announced the end of his campaign;[6] a week later he endorsed McCain.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2008