It's all about delegates: Mittens, Santorum & Paul each received 7 delegates

[WI_DEM]

Heck why should Gingrich bow out? he's on the board with 2 delegates.

Iowa

Updated 4:39 a.m. EST, Jan 4, 2012



County:
Table | Map Entrance Poll
Romney 30,015 25% 7 99%
Santorum 30,007 25% 7
Paul 26,219 21% 7
Gingrich 16,251 13% 2
Perry 12,604 10% 2
Bachmann 6,073 5% 0
Huntsman 745 1% 0

http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/primaries/state/ia

[Renew Deal]

1. I think Paul will end up with more delegates than that.

His people are much better organized and probably took more delegate positions.

[WI_DEM]

2. maybe, but Santorum ended up winning most counties in the state. So he probably will end up with

more, too.

[Renew Deal]

3. He's the worst organized of the three

I saw a part of the C-Span caucus in Urbandale and when the chair asked for Santorum delegates, no one volunteered right away.

[WI_DEM]

4. maybe so, but you also get delegates on the county level

and he won something like 25 counties, many more than the rest of them--so he's bound to get more delegates anyway, despite the lack of organization.

[mrs_p]

5. I thought it was winner

Take all for republicans? Did they change it? Or was that never the case?

[Pab Sungenis]

7. They changed it after McCain got the nomination.

They were afraid that someone electable might get the nomination this time around.

[mrs_p]

9. thanks - i missed that

[wandy]

6. Just remember. One dollar, one vote. The last man standing will be the one with the most bucks.

[frazzled]

8. Out of 2,286 delegates at the convention

It takes 1,144 to win. He now has .6% (six-tenths of a percent) of the votes he needs to clinch the nomination.