This idea that a candidate who is in the top five in a field of 14 candidates should drop out four months before the first contest is ludicrous. People who argue Romney was doing better at this point four years ago fail to recognize that Romney had far fewer opponents. Donald Trump is the front-runner, no one disputes that. But eight years ago, Rudy Giuliani was the front-runner, while the front-runner normally wins on the GOP side, it isn't set in stone.
where is ¿yeb? gonna get the extra votes from though?
¿yeb? + all the candidates behind him whose supporters could feasibly support ¿yeb? = still only 14.8%
