Posted by Bignuncio at 4:11pm Feb 8 '12Really it hasn't been much different from four years ago when McCain lost 19 states.
I think the only real difference is that the media had already chosen their winner very early on and now they have to explain their choice every time someone else wins a state and act like it's something odd and unexpected.
It was Huckabee winning the first state, Iowa. Then McCain took over for a while before loosing Nevada, Wyoming, Maine, and Minnesota to Romney, and Louisiana to Huckabee.
Ron Paul didn't drop out until June in 2008 and he is getting quite a bit more support this year so he won't be finished for quite some time, his goals are more about having an impact and spreading the message than winning. Though this year he will have the added benefit of bringing delegates to the convention where anything can happen. However Romney dropped out in February of 2008 so whatever boost he got from Nevada and Minnesota didn't hold him up for long so Santorum will still be the next person to drop out in my opinion. Gingrich should have dropped out by now but he is just hanging out for some reason with his casino owner buddy funding him.
You can simply chalk this up to campaign financing. Santorum has only raised about two million dollars, Gingrich twelve, and Ron Paul twenty six million.
Interestingly, as long as I brought up campaign finances:
Top five contributors to Romney:
Goldman Sachs -- $499,430
JPMorgan Chase & Co -- $322,400
Morgan Stanley -- $281,350
Credit Suisse Group -- $277,250
Citi Group -- $267,050
Five of his fifty six million dollars came from small individual contributions.
Top five contributors to Ron Paul:
US Army -- $63,378
US Navy -- $51,553
US Air Force -- $48,531
Google Inc -- $32,090
Microsoft Corp -- $23,346
Thirteen and a half of his twenty five million dollars came from small individual contributions.
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/head2head.php?cand1=N00000286&cand2=N00005906&x=48&y=28
I think the only real difference is that the media had already chosen their winner very early on and now they have to explain their choice every time someone else wins a state and act like it's something odd and unexpected.
It was Huckabee winning the first state, Iowa. Then McCain took over for a while before loosing Nevada, Wyoming, Maine, and Minnesota to Romney, and Louisiana to Huckabee.
Ron Paul didn't drop out until June in 2008 and he is getting quite a bit more support this year so he won't be finished for quite some time, his goals are more about having an impact and spreading the message than winning. Though this year he will have the added benefit of bringing delegates to the convention where anything can happen. However Romney dropped out in February of 2008 so whatever boost he got from Nevada and Minnesota didn't hold him up for long so Santorum will still be the next person to drop out in my opinion. Gingrich should have dropped out by now but he is just hanging out for some reason with his casino owner buddy funding him.
You can simply chalk this up to campaign financing. Santorum has only raised about two million dollars, Gingrich twelve, and Ron Paul twenty six million.
Interestingly, as long as I brought up campaign finances:
Top five contributors to Romney:
Goldman Sachs -- $499,430
JPMorgan Chase & Co -- $322,400
Morgan Stanley -- $281,350
Credit Suisse Group -- $277,250
Citi Group -- $267,050
Five of his fifty six million dollars came from small individual contributions.
Top five contributors to Ron Paul:
US Army -- $63,378
US Navy -- $51,553
US Air Force -- $48,531
Google Inc -- $32,090
Microsoft Corp -- $23,346
Thirteen and a half of his twenty five million dollars came from small individual contributions.
added on 4:22pm Feb 8 '12:
I suppose I should source those campaign finance numbers.http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/head2head.php?cand1=N00000286&cand2=N00005906&x=48&y=28
Same old stuff. - Bignuncio