Reginald
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« on: March 20, 2012, 02:12:12 AM » |
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It's a good question. Perhaps Bachmann and Perry were only ever viewed as contenders not because of their own attributes, but just by virtue of being the most attractive notRomney at their various peaks (this goes for Cain as well, but he had other issues of course. Huntsman never gained traction and probably wouldn't have done too much better in most of these states had he wasted even more of his father's money and prolonged the inevitable). Once they dropped out, the anti-Romney crowd abandoned them almost completely because Gingrich/Santorum became the candidate most capable of stopping Romney, which has been the #1 goal for a large chunk of the GOP electorate this whole primary season.
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