So, Mitt Romney took Illinois, and by a lot more than we thought he would... At this point, it's becoming clearer to voters that Mitt Romney appears to be the most electable versus Barack Obama, and that is what's most important to them. Over 71% of those who felt the most important trait in a candidate was electability voted for Romney...
Mitt took 44 of the 54 available delegates, which puts him right at the halfway point of the 1144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination . Next, it's onto Louisiana, which should help Rick Santorum - and from there, who knows? Santorum will likely win his home state of Pennsylvania, but at this point, with Romney's rising sense of inevitability, even that might not happen.
Newt Gingrich is in total denial mode currently. It takes a huge pair of brass balls to accuse the guy who got 34% of the vote of not being electable, when you finish dead last at 8% - even behind Ron Paul. Gingrich was running at about 15-17% in the area a few weeks ago. Since he lost half, we'll assume he will finish a distant 3rd in Louisiana. He still is talking about no one getting to 1144 - where they'll have a 'discussion' on who is best to run against Obama. And he's supposed to be the choice? I want whatever drugs he's taking...
As this goes along, it's getting harder and harder for even us to add anything new to this race... But we'll keep slugging along til it ends - but it's getting there.
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