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Romney Dropping Out

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Anonymous

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I guess correctly he is "suspending" his campaign....


Romney to suspend campaign, sources say





From John King
CNN

(CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.


Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is suspending his campaign Thursday, sources say.

Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, compared with front-runner John McCain's 680.

Romney had no public events Wednesday and instead met with aides to discuss strategy to stay in the race through March 4.

"It is tough to saddle up this a.m.," one Romney adviser told CNN the morning after his disappointing Super Tuesday finish.

Although he outspent his rivals, Romney received just 175 delegates on Super Tuesday, compared with at least 504 for McCain and 141 for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, according to CNN estimates.

Romney came in first in Massachusetts, Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado and Utah on Super Tuesday. In the early voting contests, he won Nevada, Maine, Michigan and Wyoming.

After his win in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee became Romney's chief rival for the party's conservative vote.

Huckabee on Tuesday won Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and West Virginia.

Suspending a campaign has a different meaning depending on the party.

On the Republican side, decisions on how to allocate delegates is left to the state parties.


On the Democratic side, a candidate who "suspends" is technically still a candidate so he or she keeps both district and statewide delegates won through primaries and caucuses. Superdelegates are always free to support any candidate at any time, whether the candidate drops out, suspends or stays in.

National party rules say that a candidate who "drops out" keeps any district-level delegates he or she has won so far but loses any statewide delegates he or she has won.

Romney is expected to announce his decision Thursday afternoon at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, three Republican sources told CNN
 

aplusmnt

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So I wonder does this help Huck any or is it secure the win for McCain. I get confused when I start trying to play out all this delegate crap.

The confuse me more than when I try to figure out my cell phone bill. :mad:
 
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aplusmnt said:
So I wonder does this help Huck any or is it secure the win for McCain. I get confused when I start trying to play out all this delegate crap.

The confuse me more than when I try to figure out my cell phone bill. :mad:

The tv talking heads say it is numerically impossible for Hucklberry to get enough votes....

They say this now gives McCain the nomination- and the Republican folks say this gives him the time and money to try and unite the party and start working on the general election race....
 
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Glenn Beck was on CNN a short time ago-- and still says there is NO WAY he will vote for John McCain...He says the Republican party and the country is like an alcoholic/drug addict- that allowed itself to be completely lied to and fooled by GW Bush's campaign that he was conservative, as a quick fix- and that he would rather see the Party go completely into the dumps and hit rock bottom and have to pull itself back up in years to come- rather than give it another false conservative fix again by putting McCain in office- and go thru another GW Bush.....

Somehow- it appears as tho party unity may be a little tough to reach :wink: :lol:

He also commented that it was too early to decide if he would vote Hillary or Obama over McCain- or just not vote.......
 

aplusmnt

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Oldtimer said:
Glenn Beck was on CNN a short time ago-- and still says there is NO WAY he will vote for John McCain...He says the Republican party and the country is like an alcoholic/drug addict- that allowed itself to be completely lied to and fooled by GW Bush's campaign that he was conservative, as a quick fix- and that he would rather see the Party go completely into the dumps and hit rock bottom and have to pull itself back up in years to come- rather than give it another false conservative fix again by putting McCain in office- and go thru another GW Bush.....

Somehow- it appears as tho party unity may be a little tough to reach :wink: :lol:

He also commented that it was too early to decide if he would vote Hillary or Obama over McCain- or just not vote.......

seems the problem is in the voters, Republican voters are allowing it and voting for a liberal so politicians do what they do best, change their spots to get elected. If the voters would be more like some of the out spoken conservatives in the news then we would not have this problem.

It needs to be solved in the primaries not make do in general election. Republican voters are letting the media control them and lean them in the direction they want them to go and that is Liberal. McCain got all kinds of support from media, but it is about to end, they got what the wanted a liberal now they will push for the ultra Liberal Obama or Clinton.
 

kolanuraven

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Seems like you Rep's got yourself a leader that no one wants....but like ' lemmings to the sea' my bet is that you'll follow him lockstep!!!
 

aplusmnt

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kolanuraven said:
Seems like you Rep's got yourself a leader that no one wants....but like ' lemmings to the sea' my bet is that you'll follow him lockstep!!!

Seems you are reading a different message board than I am. Many times I have seen the conservatives myself included complain about Bush and other Republicans. But any time a conversation comes up about Clinton the Libs are gung ho to defend him.

Conservatives are not loyal to the Republican party they are loyal to the Conservative movement.

Once no true conservative is offered to us then all we can do is look at who is the best candidate. The last two times Bush was a better choice than Gore or Kerry.

And as much as I would like someone besides McCain he is still a better choice than Hillary or Obama.

If there is a chance then I am pulling for Huck at this time!
 

alabama

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Well if the dem would run someone I could vote for I might vote Dem. But, there ain't no way I will ever vote for Obama of Clinton.
 

Steve

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Well if the dem would run someone I could vote for I might vote Dem.

The dems keep running liberals, so I can't vote for them...

It's about how a person stands on the issues...first.. then it goes to character and personality..

with that in mind... McCain is not my first choice.. I disagree with him on many issues...but, I think he is a good decent person.. and as a senator and former Navy Officer a fine citizen..

as for Obama.. he has the personality,.. and I believe other then the Rizco slum lord buying his house, and him using drugs.. he is generally a decent person.. add in his stand on the issues is Ultra liberal..so he will not get my vote..

but Hillery is definitely my last choice... as I don't like her stand on the issues.. she lacks character... and her personality rates up there with Kerry's and Gore's

That leaves a big opening for some one to fill... Huckabee?.. Ron Paul?.. or even a true independent run..
 
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