After three
decisive primary wins this week, it has become apparent that
Mitt Romney will win the Republican
Presidential Nomination (something I have been saying for weeks). Wisconsin, Maryland, and District of Columbia
(all winner take all primaries) went to Romney, giving him eighty-six delegates
this week, and making his total delegate count six hundred and fifty five.
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| boston.com |
If they had not
done so already, most major media outlets have called Romney as the winner.
Still, Santorum has stated that he will continue his campaign and that he still
believes he has a change. Barring any near nuclear disaster scandals (a la the West Wing) that seems virtually
impossible, so come the fall, it will be Mitt Romney versus Barrack Obama in
the general elections.
Now,
despite the fact that Romney has the nomination all but sewn up, there are
still twenty more primaries ranging from April 21st to June 26th.
For the next two weeks, the media’s focus will all be on how Romney now has the
nomination secured and how he should proceed from there. Santorum will continue
to campaign and will have to find some way to keep some part of the attention
on him until the next primaries.
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| cbsnews.com |
Pennsylvania
is an important state in the primaries, with a large delegate count, so
Santorum will likely be campaigning in this state at some point in the coming
two weeks. He visited campus earlier this fall, and it is likely that he will
be making another stop here. Penn State is a huge collection of potential
voters. In the past students have split 60-40 (Democrat-Republican), which is a
more favorable proportion than in other colleges in larger cities, so it makes
sense for Santorum to visit.
The
next primary is in Missouri on April 21st, followed by five on April
24th.
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