US: The Republicans’ Big Maneuvers?
At least Mitt Romney’s troops were reassured. In spite of those doomsday prophets who saw Illinois Republicans veering further and further to the right and erring on the side of ultra-conservative Rick Santorum, the former Massachusetts governor won the GOP primary in the state of Obama.
And took the opportunity to reposition himself as the race favorite.
But the most interesting thing now is what will happen in the days to come. Santorum himself insists that he will continue campaigning for the upcoming primaries in Louisiana, Wisconsin and North Carolina. His team believes that he still has the means to win, even if Romney is way ahead of him in terms of delegates.
Under these conditions, all eyes are on Newt Gingrich. Lagging behind everywhere, he seems to have little chance of making it to the final race. Some wonder whether the former speaker of the House, despite his recent denials, will not soon throw in the towel and rally — or not — behind Santorum. To further feed a fight that could last until the August convention.
Another scenario is to see Gingrich persist for the sole purpose of dividing the party and sowing discord in order to provoke what is called an “open” convention, meaning a convention in which no one is slated to receive the majority of the 1,144 delegates.
In that case, all the cards are redistributed and the delegates immediately vote for who they want in what generally resembles a rat race.
Have these Republicans lost their minds?
And took the opportunity to reposition himself as the race favorite.
But the most interesting thing now is what will happen in the days to come. Santorum himself insists that he will continue campaigning for the upcoming primaries in Louisiana, Wisconsin and North Carolina. His team believes that he still has the means to win, even if Romney is way ahead of him in terms of delegates.
Under these conditions, all eyes are on Newt Gingrich. Lagging behind everywhere, he seems to have little chance of making it to the final race. Some wonder whether the former speaker of the House, despite his recent denials, will not soon throw in the towel and rally — or not — behind Santorum. To further feed a fight that could last until the August convention.
Another scenario is to see Gingrich persist for the sole purpose of dividing the party and sowing discord in order to provoke what is called an “open” convention, meaning a convention in which no one is slated to receive the majority of the 1,144 delegates.
In that case, all the cards are redistributed and the delegates immediately vote for who they want in what generally resembles a rat race.
Have these Republicans lost their minds?