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The radio was just reporting that Romney is dropping out..
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 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.![]()
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.......
.but like ' lemmings to the sea' my bet is that you'll follow him lockstep!!!
Steve said:KolanuRaven.but like ' lemmings to the sea' my bet is that you'll follow him lockstep!!!
Follow who? Mccain... I doubt it...
Maybe I'll send Ron Paul a few bucks....
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!!!
Well if the dem would run someone I could vote for I might vote Dem.