Folks, Romney won more delegates yesterday than anybody else thanks to big wins in Hawaii and American Samoa. Like Obama (and unlike Hillary) four years ago, Team Romney knows that this is about delegates. And the Romney lead in delegates is insurmountable unless Santorum wins most everywhere from here on out, including New Jersey and Utah. Not just that, Santorum would need to crush, not just beat, Romney in places like Connecticut and Rhode Island (Home of the Winfield).
Folks, this game is over. Santorum is like a team trying to comeback from a 48-24 deficit in the third quarter of a football game. Yeah, you got off to a 3-0 start, but you're down 48-24 now. A comeback is not going to happen...
Looking at the D Primary in 2008, I think it is
very premature to call it a game. Romney, like Obama in 2008, ran up some huge delegate scores in the early primaries. In March 2008, Obama basically broke even, with a net gain of 7 delegates (about 3-4 in proportion of total delegates). Then in April, Hilary started to close the gap.
Santorum has a good shot at closing the gap in IL and an outside chance in PR. If something comes out of MO, that could do it.