Posted by: - March 16, 2012
Various people are debating whether having Gingrich in the race helps or hurts Romney's chances of reaching 1,144 delegates and clinching the GOP nomination. Many of Santorum's supporters think that Gingrich is robbing him of delegates that he needs to stop Romney, while Gingrich supporters are arguing that splitting the delegates makes it more difficult for Romney to win. The fact is, it does not matter, because barring finding Romney in bed with a dead girl or live boy, as Edwin Edwards once put it, he has clinched it mathematically.
Taking a look at the current standings, estimated by RealClearPolitics.com we have:
- Romney: 493 - 51%
- Santorum: 235 - 24%
- Gingrich: 157 - 16%
- Paul: 77 - 8%
That's 962 decided delegates with 1,324 remaining.
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