Rick Santorum This is a silly question about delegates, but it keeps me up at night . . .

[RPWontBackDown]

Can anyone tell me, heading into the convention, how much control Santorum would actually have over his delegates? For example, do we have to worry about him giving in at the convention, and cutting a deal with Romney by handing over his delegates in exchange for being Mitt's running mate?

Between Mitt and Santorum, I'm guessing that between the two of them, there would be at least 1144 delegates. Does any candidate have that kind of control over their delegates, or would enough be unbound to prevent such a deal?

 

[trey4sports]

no, not really. I think the idea is that if no one wins 1144 (or w/e the magic number is) then all delegates are unbound and can vote their choice. At that point only the campaigns have a good grasp on who will vote for who. At least that is my understanding. We could however worry about newt or santorum laying down and ending their campaign in order for romney to win a particular state which would give him the needed 1144.

 

[DanK22]

Iirc, some states don't release their delegates until after several rounds of voting and if a candidate steps out prior to the convention the delegates assigned to them become unbound.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I dont see why they cant cut a deal... I would expect the candidates to all know our strategy and do everything possible to prevent a 1st round vote that would cause any delegates to become unbound.

 

[PaulSoHard]

Mitt says he wants an economic conservative by his side...that certainly puts Santorum out of the picture.

But at the same time I honestly don't know what Mitt's ambition is. I don't know if he'll go that far to win the nomination.

Besides we are the ones who are going to ram delegates down the GOP's throats whether they like it or not, and if it comes down to a brokered convention, we will be making a big mess down at Tampa.

 

[opinionatedfool]

Most of santorums supposed delegates are actually ron paul's. So good luck at the convention santy.