There Are No Quitters in the Republican Presidential Race

COMMENTRY | When it comes to this year's Republican presidential nomination race, uncertain is the only way to describe it. It's mostly a race between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, but Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul refuse to quit. In presidential races past, all but one or two candidates for each party would have dropped out by now. Instead, all four candidates appear to be sticking in it until the end.

Santorum won the Kansas caucus on Saturday with 51 percent of the vote, as reported by The Ticket. Romney received 21 percent, Gingrich 14 percent and Paul 13 percent.

Wyoming was Romney's state. He added seven delegates to his count, while Santorum won three and Paul won one, as reported by the Associated Press. The next two primaries are Tuesday in Alabama and Mississippi. Going into those races, Romney has 454 delegates, Santorum has 217, Gingrich has 107 and Paul has 47.

Any one of these hopefuls could walk away with the nomination. Then again, none of them could. After Tuesday, voting will be half over, and none of the candidates has crossed the halfway point to 1,144 delegates. It means the American people have yet to choose a strong candidate to fight against Barack Obama for the presidency.

I think part of that has to do with Santorum's, Gingrich's and Paul's refusals to drop out and hand the nomination to Romney, but if I were them, I wouldn't drop out either. I'm not convinced Romney is the best man for the job, and by the three other candidates refusing to drop out, it can be said they do not either.

It can also be said Santorum, Gingrich and Paul are not quitters. By sticking in this race, they will all prove they can start something and finish it, and that might mean more than winning the nomination.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-quitters-republican-presidential-race-184000998.html

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