For those scoring at home, the delegate count is Newt-23, Mitt-19

[morningfog]

Newt-23
Mitt-19
Santorum-13
Paul-3

1144 needed to win the nomination.

Next comes Florida on 1/31, with its 50 delegates (they were sanctioned for moving early. It is also a winner-take-all state.

Then, Nevada (2/4), with 28.
2/4–1 Maine-24
2/7 Colorado-36
Minnesota-40
Missouri-52
2/28 Arizona-29
Michigan-30
3/3 Washington-32

March 6 is Super Tuesday, when 10 states will vote, including Newt's state of Georgia with 76 delegates. Almost half the states will have voted by then.

All this to say, there is a lot more show to this spectacle.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates

[rgbecker]

1. The winner take all vs. porportional awarding of delegates will

play big in whether this goes to the convention or not.

Will Paul gather enough to play power broker? Will Santorum stay in and try to fill that role?

[morningfog]

2. Yeah, Paul is not even competing in WTA states.

He hopes to play king maker by collecting crumbs along the way.

I don't know Santorum's plan, honestly.

[izquierdista]

4. Take his dead campaign home, talk to it...

Have the other children bond with it. Have a funeral service for it.

[rgbecker]

3. Here's the list of winner take all states from 2008.

http://www.ehow.com/list_7599777_states-winner-republican-primary-elections.html

Can't see Gingrich winning New York's 101 delegates.