Michigan Backs McCain
While the delegates that Mitt Romney won in the Michigan will officially be designated as uncommitted at the Republican National Convention, 18 of the 23 have now officially stated that they will back McCain. Only three have decided to back Huckabee.
Romney's 23 delegates will go to the national convention as uncommitted, but 18 now say they'll back McCain. McCain already has 10 Michigan delegates that he won in the state's January 13th primary.
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will get two delegates based on those primary results. Plus at least three Romney delegates now say they will also back Huckabee.
Michigan Republicans met Friday and Saturday to nominate delegates to the national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul in September.
It really is time for Mike Huckabee to fold his campaign.
By steveegg, Saturday, 16 February , 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Yes, it is time for Huckabee to fold. There are but two things his continued presence in the campaign will do:
Cause McCain to spend money he doesn’t really have against somebody not named Obama or Clinton.
Close the 1.48 million vote gap between him and Romney. It is not a given that will be closed all the way as there are a multitude of open-primary states left.
The second item is merely insurance to the "second-in-delegates" portion of the "next in line" definition. Even if Romney had not released his remaining delegates (once one strips away the early-caucus states and Michigan), Huckabee had more of those.
By Gaius, Saturday, 16 February , 2008 @ 5:04 pm
I’m not fond of the "next in line" thing.