Here is video of Sen. John McCain on CNN today where he said Mitt Romney is already “pivoting” to the General Election, and “whether Rick Santorum stays in or not is basically irrelevant.” He argued that Santorum’s argument that winning his home state of Pennsylvania on April 24 would propel his candidacy forward makes no difference, because “people usually win their own state – that’s a given.” McCain argued there is no way to do the math and come up with Santorum as the nominee.
Here is video of Rick Santorum on “Meet the Press” yesterday, where he said he would stay in the GOP Presidential race until Mitt Romney secures the needed 1,144 delegates to clinch the Nomination.
Santorum did agree the results of the Wisconsin GOP Primary on Tuesday will be pivotal, but he did not say he would end his campaign if he loses to Romney there. In fact, Santorum was very upbeat about his chances in Wisconsin and beyond.
Santorum was just pounded in the interview by Savannah Guthrie with question after question on when and whether he will get out of the race. The pressure is building, because in most of the interviews, that’s the focus of the questioning now.
NOTE: There is no
polling data for the District of Columbia.
** Rick Santorum is not
on the ballot in D.C.
Here are the latest polling averages for the GOP Presidential Contests being held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. There has been no polling data for the District of Columbia, but Mitt Romney is widely expected to win. Rick Santorum is not even on the ballot there. As you can see, Romney has a big lead in Maryland, and a more modest lead in Wisconsin. Remember, Rick Santorum has often outperformed his poll numbers, and if he does so again, he has a shot at beating Romney in Wisconsin. We’ll keep these averages updated if new polls come out. Just click on the state names for Maryland and Wisconsin to get the detailed polling data.
UPDATE 4/2/12, 2:00 PM – Added a new We Ask America Poll to the Wisconsin Average.
Here is video of Sen. Rick Santorum on “Fox News Sunday” today where he insisted he would stay in the GOP Presidential Race until someone gets the required 1,144 delegates to win the Nomination.
Chris Wallace asked Santorum if he “feels added pressure” to get out of the GOP race with Mitt Romney getting key endorsements from Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Paul Ryan. Santorum responded, “No,” and said “we are not even to halftime yet.” He pointed out all of Romney’s advantages and yet, “he cannot close the deal.”
Santorum certainly does not sound like a guy planning to get out of the race anytime soon.
Here is video from “Face the Nation” today where Rep. Ron Paul told host Bob Schieffer that he is “trying to save the Republican Party from themselves.” Paul made the statement after Bob Scheiffer asked him if he was going to end his Presidential Campaign since he has no real path to winning the GOP Nomination.
Here is audio of Gov. Mitt Romney telling Wisconsin radio station WTMJ he would “have to consider” Wisconsin GOP Rep. Paul Ryan as a Vice-Presidential nominee. Ryan endorsed Romney for President this morning.
Romney said he did not want to be presumptuous since he has not secured the nomination, and he said he has not made a list of VP prospects. But he said that whoever becomes the nominee would have to consider Paul Ryan for the VP slot.
Here is video of Sen. Marco Rubio tonight on “Hannity” where he publicly endorsed Gov. Mitt Romney for President.
Rubio argued that both Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have now admitted that the only way they can win the GOP Nomination is by denying Romney a majority at the end of the primary season and “having a floor fight in Tampa.” Rubio said there is no way that a “floor fight in Tampa in August” is a “recipe for victory.” Instead, Rubio called that a “recipe for disaster,” and a “recipe to deliver four more years to Barack Obama.”
“I am going to endorse Mitt Romney. The reason why is not only because he’s going to be the Republican Nominee, but he also offers at this point such a stark contrast to the President’s record. . .”
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