ONLINE UPDATE
Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) ended his presidential bid, at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, February 7. This clears the way for Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) to win the Republican nomination.
Romney said he was dropping out because he did not want Democratic candidates, Senators Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to win the presidency. Romney also said that he could have kept fighting but it would limit his party’s chances at the presidency.
Romney spent $35 million dollars on his own campaign and officially just suspended his campaign which still makes him eligible for contributed money. His delegates at the convention, 286 will also have to vote Romney. Though, running on a family values campaign, Romney was seen as a flip-flopper for his previous views and questioned by some over his Mormon beliefs.
Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) has said he will continue to fight for the Republican nomination but he would need 84 percent of the remaining delegates to even have a chance. Senator John McCain has 714 delegates, while Huckabee has 181. Long shot candidate, Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) has 16 delegates. 1,191 delegates are needed to win the Republican nomination.
Democrats in Washington, Nebraska and Louisiana and Republicans in Kansas and Louisiana vote on Saturday, February 9 but for the Republicans, it’s all but a certainty that Senator John McCain wins the Republican nomination. Sunday, February 10 Democrats vote in Maine and on Tuesday, February 12 Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia vote in what is being called “The Chesapeake Primary.”
Many Democratic delegates from the “Super Tuesday” election have yet to be counted but as of right now, Senator Hillary Clinton has 1,033 delegates, Senator Barack Obama has 937, and former Senator John Edwards, who dropped out, has 26. The number of delegates determines each party’s nomination, not the popular vote. 2,025 delegates are needed to secure the Democratic nomination for president.
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