Can we get a two man race yet?

[Rugnuts]

So mitt takes florida. newt comes in a strong second. When will santorum drop out? I feel his voters would go to newt more than mitt.
as long as he stays in, he takes votes from the "anyone other than mitt" crowd and helps mitt. i dont want santorum to stay in so long that mitt had the nomination already locked in.

[FreeBorn]

I for one am getting a wee bit tired of all the exuberant campaigning for Rinomney being done by the leftist media, FWIW.

[thundley4]

I agree, it's time to cull the herd down to Mitt and Newt.

[Lacarnut]

Paul will stay in no matter what; the established Repubs & RINO's will fund Santorum cause they do no want a two man race between the two front runners.

[NHSparky]

And Paul is only in because of the libtards.

One thing zeitgeist pointed out to me the other day is that guess who came in second in the NH DEMOCRAT primary?  That's right, Ron Paul.

Curiouser and curiouser.

[Rugnuts]

Paul will stay in no matter what.

yeah but i dont think hes taking any votes from newt
he gets his dedicated people to show up for him. so he wouldnt affect the "winner take all" states
and in the "proportionate" states when he gets delegates, it leaves less for the 1st and 2nd guys to get so the spread isnt that great.

[Lacarnut]

And Paul is only in because of the libtards.

One thing zeitgeist pointed out to me the other day is that guess who came in second in the NH DEMOCRAT primary?  That's right, Ron Paul.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Paul will pick up a bunch of caucus votes in states where there is no election. If Newt, Paul and Santorum stay till the end, Romney might not have a plurality. A brokered outcome might be a good thing. Anybody but a Yankee blueblood RINO.

[Eupher]

I for one am getting a wee bit tired of all the exuberant campaigning for Rinomney being done by the leftist media, FWIW.

Not just the leftist media, but Fox News has done a helluva lot of trumpeting for Romney.

This op-ed from today's WSJ is very, very good. Describes the situation very well, I think -- not that I think Romney is anything other than a liar and a shitstain.

With his resounding comeback win in Florida Tuesday, what have we learned about Mitt Romney? He can take a punch. He's shown the discipline, tenacity and organization to dismantle a vulnerable opponent. What we still don't know is whether the one-time, and now once again, GOP front-runner can make a convincing case for his own candidacy.

The Florida Republican primary race was a thing of beauty only if you like the Ultimate Fighting Championship on cable. Knocked back after his South Carolina defeat, Mr. Romney and his team came out swinging, kicking and clawing at Newt Gingrich. He delivered the blows himself and without apology in debates, and he unleashed his attack ads and surrogates to do the rest of the dirty work.

While voters often claim to want a high-toned political debate, the reality is that they respond to critical information that goes unanswered. Republicans also want a standard-bearer who looks like he can survive the inevitable cage match with President Obama. That willingness to fight for conservative values was part of Mr. Gingrich's appeal in South Carolina, and in Florida Mr. Romney showed he'll do more than turn the other cheek.

Mr. Romney's cause was helped because the former House Speaker lacked the money to fight back in television ads and sometimes lacked a good answer because the charges were true. Mr. Romney's attacks on the Speaker's Congressional ethics were unfair. But it's hard for Mr. Gingrich to defend his $1.6 million contract with Freddie Mac, for example, at the same time he claims to be an outsider who would shake up Washington. Freddie Mac is the ultimate Beltway machine, and if Mr. Gingrich loses the nomination, one reason will be his decision to defend his Freddie contract by saying he was merely consulting as "an historian."

Mr. Gingrich also did not help himself with some of his own campaign arguments. In his fury against Mr. Romney, the speaker fired away in scattershot populist fashion, denouncing Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and other capitalist institutions in terms not all that different from Mr. Obama's.

WSJ