Romny has no path to the nomination...short him
Romney's path to the nomination, in order of the early primary dates:
lose IA
win NH
win NV while losing SC
win FL
lose GA
win ME
win NJ, MN, and ND while losing MO
win WA?
win NV
win WI?
win MI while losing AZ
Super Tuesday: win MA, VA, VT, CO, ID; lose OK, TN, TX
That's 14-16 out of 24 at that point. Then Romney would just have to keep his momentum steady through the six primaries that are later in March until he sweeps all the April primaries (DC, MD, CT, DE, NY, PA, RI). And if there's still a fight even then, he just has to coast until he wins California in June and mathematically locks up the nomination.
Not saying this
will happen, of course- but it's a viable path to nomination for him.