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Originally Posted by spazlabz
they are saying that the race is now between Romney and Perry
I dont think Romney can win in the primaries and I dont think Perry could win the general election.... this is going to be an interesting year
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Romney has a better shot at winning this year than in the past. This year the powers that be were so afraid of Palin that they changed the rules. It used to be the winner of the state gets all the delagates. So many very conservative states fought to get their election date moved up so that they would have more say in the election. So now they have changed the rules and if the primary is held during march will have to divider their delegates proportionally by how the vote went instead of winner take all. This could allow Romney to hang around and still get delegates then later in the cycle once April comes and the primaries go back to winner take all in the more progressive states he could make a run.
In a way that is what McCain did. He won some states, he finished 2nd and 3rd in some states but Huckabee was really giving him a run for his money in the bible belt. He was able to hold out until the race left the bible belt and then he pulled ahead for good. Romney might be able to play that same game.