Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mitt Romney Bullies Nebraska and Oregon

The Washington Post story with allegations of bullying as a high schooler didn't hurt Mitt Romney much in the Nebraska and Oregon primaries today, as he won both with more than 70% of the vote. Better to be the boy that bullied than the boy that was bullied if you are running for President of the United States.

I personally think the reported incident was one of hazing not bullying, and while some equate the two they are not the same. If I am right, Mitt Romney probably got hazed himself a year or two earlier in his high school career. Now if the Post had that story they might do some damage.

Here is the scoreboard:

# of delegates secured so far NYT WSJ CNN CBS MSNBC RCP
Mitt Romney 989 989 961 980 989 989
Rick Santorum 265 265 274 244 265 264
Newt Gingrich 130 130 145 124 130 141
Ron Paul 106 106 114 98 106 104
Jon Huntsman 1 1 0 2 0 0
Total 1491 1491 1494 1448 1490 1498
         
% of delegates secured so far        
Mitt Romney 66% 66% 64% 68% 66% 66%
Rick Santorum 18% 18% 18% 17% 18% 18%
Newt Gingrich 9% 9% 10% 9% 9% 9%
Ron Paul 7% 7% 8% 7% 7% 7%
         
% of remaining needed to clinch:        
Mitt Romney 19% 19% 23% 20% 19% 20%
Rick Santorum 111% 111% 110% 107% 110% 112%
Newt Gingrich 128% 128% 126% 122% 127% 127%
Ron Paul 131% 131% 130% 125% 130% 132%

Ron Paul is still in the race, and could overtake Newt Gingrich for third place, in the delegate count at least. Oh, the days of March and April, with their talk of a brokered convention, they seem so long ago.

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