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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Counting Delegates II
This last weekend was a draw between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum
Romney
Guam 9
Northern Marianas 9
Kansas 7
Virgin Islands 7
Wyoming 2 (pickup of 2 for a total of 12
WEEKEND TOTAL 34
Santorum
Kansas 33
Virgin Islands 1
WEEKEND TOTAL 34
The Mainstream Media trying to pump up Santorum because they fear Romney as Obama's strongest opponent and like a "horse race" played that this was a big weekend for Santorum because he won Kansas but as the above shows it was a push!
The various media that are tracking delegates have different totals but the following are the totals for Romney and Santorum to date:
Real Clear Politics: Romney 453 Santorum 199
The Green Papers: Romney 435 Santorum 197
New York Times: Romney 454 Santorum 217
(1,144 to win)
For easy reference there are web addresses to cut and paste for each as follows:
REAL CLEAR POLITICS:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/republican_delegate_count.html
NEW YORK TIMES:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates
THE GREEN PAPERS:
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/R-HS.phtml