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#1 Feb 07 2008 at 9:54 AM Rating: Good
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Sources say Romney is suspending his campaign
CNN.com wrote:
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN.
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Although he outspent his rivals, Romney received just 175 delegates on Super Tuesday, compared with at least 504 for McCain and 141 for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, according to CNN estimates.
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Suspending a campaign has a different meaning depending on the party.

On the Republican side, decisions on how to allocate delegates is left to the state parties.
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National party rules say that a candidate who "drops out" keeps any district-level delegates he or she has won so far but loses any statewide delegates he or she has won.

Romney is expected to announce his decision Thursday afternoon at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, three Republican sources told CNN
Poor Limbaugh. Now he's stuck with McCain or Huckabee.
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#2 Feb 07 2008 at 10:00 AM Rating: Decent
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Apparently, Mitt has wasted millions of his own money. How much is that guy worth anyway? He reminds me of that guy in California, Michael Huffington, who spent 28 million but at least won his bid.
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#3 Feb 07 2008 at 10:02 AM Rating: Decent
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How much is that guy worth anyway?
It's estimated between 200 and 250 million.
#4 Feb 07 2008 at 10:02 AM Rating: Excellent
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He reported dropped $35 mil of his own cash into the race. I don't know how much he's worth but his kids are getting a smaller inheritance.
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#5 Feb 07 2008 at 10:11 AM Rating: Decent
Good. He was such a phoney ************ ****. "Who let the dogs out who who"? "That's some nice bling-bling"? Seriously?

I'm not surprised gbaji voted for him...
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#6 Feb 07 2008 at 10:14 AM Rating: Excellent
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dammit...I put my virtual money on Gravel dropping out first after Tuesday.

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#7 Feb 07 2008 at 10:21 AM Rating: Good
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huh, I guess there really is a Bob.
#8 Feb 07 2008 at 10:30 AM Rating: Excellent
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He's saying that he's dropping out so that the party can come behind a front-runner (McCain) and get a start on the general. I wonder how much longer Dean wil let the Democratic primary go before he starts twisting the screws. He's already said that it won't go to the convention and he'd want to broker a deal before the end of spring.
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#9 Feb 07 2008 at 11:03 AM Rating: Good
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I'm not surprised gbaji voted for him...


I actually voted for him too. I thought he was the best Republican candidate out there.

Strange though...he didn't actually drop out, he suspended his campaign. I wonder what he means to do.
#10 Feb 07 2008 at 11:09 AM Rating: Good
shadomen the Brilliant wrote:
Strange though...he didn't actually drop out, he suspended his campaign. I wonder what he means to do.


Get a Vice President bid if one of his friends looks to be winning the primary, is my guess.
#11 Feb 07 2008 at 11:26 AM Rating: Excellent
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shadomen the Brilliant wrote:
he suspended his campaign.
Edwards did the same thing. I think there's fiscal ramifications contribution-wise if you actually drop out, plus it changes how your delegates are assigned. It doesn't mean we'll be seeing some late-campaign birth from the ashes or anything.
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#12 Feb 07 2008 at 11:26 AM Rating: Good
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Not gonna happen. McCain and Romney do not get along at all.

Just like if Obama gets the nomination, he wouldn't pick Hellbeast Hillary to be his running mate since Bill would always be kibbitzing on the side, as if he were the silent partner in the administration-- and you know, he wouldn't be able to stop himself either. Who needs that kind of headache?

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#13 Feb 07 2008 at 11:33 AM Rating: Good
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Not gonna happen. McCain and Romney do not get along at all.

Just like if Obama gets the nomination, he wouldn't pick Hellbeast Hillary to be his running mate since Bill would always be kibbitzing on the side, as if he were the silent partner in the administration-- and you know, he wouldn't be able to stop himself either. Who needs that kind of headache?

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Ah. It was just a guess. I honestly don't pay that much attention to the inner dynamics of the people running.
#14 Feb 07 2008 at 11:36 AM Rating: Good
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Just like if Obama gets the nomination, he wouldn't pick Hellbeast Hillary to be his running mate since Bill would always be kibbitzing on the side, as if he were the silent partner in the administration-- and you know, he wouldn't be able to stop himself either. Who needs that kind of headache?

Totem


Likewise, if the Hellbeast gets the nod, you know Obama won't want to be the VP candidate. He wouldn't get any responsibility whatsoever unless someone knocked off the *****.
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#15 Feb 07 2008 at 12:14 PM Rating: Excellent
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Obama would be infinitely more useful remaining in the Senate than he would be watching Hillary and Bill co-president while VP Barrack waits for her to choke on a pretzel.
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#16 Feb 07 2008 at 12:25 PM Rating: Decent
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The only thing that bothers me about this is that it could give Huckabee a slightly better chance at the nomination.
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#17 Feb 07 2008 at 1:08 PM Rating: Good
This isn't really all that unexpected.

By suspending his campaign for the time being, he is ultimately preserving his chances at getting the nomination four/eight years from now if/when he decides to run for the nomination again.

This won't be the end of him for good.
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#18 Feb 07 2008 at 1:36 PM Rating: Default
Good news. McCain is the only one left I can stand for the Republicans. I'm most happy at Giuliani doing nothing, I thought all last year his 9/11 rhetoric would win over a ton of idiots but that didn't happen.

I hope Dean doesn't jump the gun, Obama and Hillary at least deserve the rest of the primary season if they so choose. It's not that damaging either, both of them will get a lot more face time than McCain now (especially if Huck bows out) until one of them gets the nom. And they're not running vicious attack campaigns, so I don't see anything dangerous about them going for awhile.

I doubt either Hillary or Obama would choose the other as their running mates. Biden, Richardson, Edwards, or some others are better picks for either. Both to win the general and as a serving VP.

But who will McCain pick? Lieberman? :P
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